[seul-edu] Re: [school-discuss] Linux connects to NT Server

["Brian Gray" <bman@linux4education.org>]

Les Richardson (richl@mail.tfsd.sk.ca) wrote*:
>
>Hi,
>
>I have a lab of dual boot workstations and want to connect them, on logon,
>to their home folders on an NT2000 server.
>
>There are several solutions:
>a) NIS add-on on NT2000 - this appears to be flaky, although we haven't
>done much work with it.
>

You probably already know NIS is not the securist way either. :(

>b) Latest Samba has a PAM module to allow logging on the Windows domain.
>  Using this we download a password file generated via perl script on
>server. Using this password file we then mount the home folder of user.
>
PAM module works great.  You could also auth in Samba using the Windows
PDC.  This
would eliminate the extra stop of generating a perl script.

>However, I would like to use Slackware on the workstations, but it doesn't
>support, at least natively, PAM. I may be forced to use Redhat instead.
>

PAM is very supported in Red Hat. :)  Since I work for them, my opinion
may be
slightly biased on what distro to use.  However, I can say if it's not
in the PAM
modules we distribute, they can easily be modified.  I can also put you
in contact
with our PAM expert within Red Hat, if needed.

>Any ideas or comments?
>
>Les Richardson
>H. Hardcastle School
>Edam, Sk. Canada
>