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Re: [school-discuss] Active Directory support in linux distributions



Looking at that site, I see a link to Enterprise Desktop support, but nothing which is specifically for our needs for Active Directory home folder support. Even at the bottom of the Enterprise Desktop Support Scope list, it lists "Windows Network Access" as a "No".


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


----- Original Message -----
From: Casey Adams
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Tue, 25 May 2010 14:24:14 -0700
Subject: Re: [school-discuss] Active
Directory support in linux distributions


> I am guessing that Canonical supports it:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/support/services
> 
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Matthew W. Ross
> <mross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 
> > Hey List,
> >
> > I am interested in finding out if there are new distributions that support
> > connecting to an Active Directory natively.
> >
> > Let me be clear: I am looking for a supported distribution that states in
> > the documentation that it is able, and includes documentation on how, to
> > connect to an Active Directory domain, including the option to mount the
> AD
> > supplied home directory automatically on AD login.
> >
> > I'm not interested in a howto or a pam scripting guide. I'm looking for
> > somebody who actually supports this configuration.
> >
> > This is a basic requirement for our environment at our school. Without
> this
> > (seemingly rudimentary) feature, I can't offer Linux as an option for our
> > district. I would love to do so, but if it isn't something we as a
> > technology department can support (and I'm the only linux guy here), then
> we
> > won't use it.
> >
> > I've recently played with Ubuntu 10.04 at home, but didn't see anything on
> > it about attaching it to an Active Directory. I also notice that Fedora 13
> > came out today, and RedHat has had the authentication baked into the
> distro
> > for some time... but without the Home Directory being supported. Perhaps
> > someone on this list can tell me that the Home Folder is (or is not)
> > supported in recent Fedora releases? What about other distributions? I
> have
> > not had much time to experiment. Also, are there programs (such as
> Likewise)
> > that support the Active Directory with Home Folders?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any responses.
> >
> >
> > --Matt Ross
> > Ephrata School District
> >
> 
> 
> 
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