Re: Single sign-on suggestions?

On 7/17/06, Eamonn Sullivan <eamonn.sullivan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Our remaining Windows-based PC blew its hard drive a few weeks ago, so
I'm adding a second Ubuntu PC in the house. We also have a Mac. In a
decade or so of using Linux, I've not had to manage two
general-purpose desktops before. (I've previously run as many as three
at a time, but still only one desktop. The others were specialized --
backup or apache.) What I want to avoid is having to support another
whole set of user accounts. We're a family of seven, so it starts to
get unwieldy when I have seven accounts on the Mac, seven on the Linux
(Dapper) PC and seven more Samba accounts..

...

So I'm throwing this out for discussion here. I'm sure other people
have this problem. What's the simplist way to get single sign-on
working on Dapper?


Hi Eamonn,

I really don't mean this as some kind of jab or joke, but if this is a
family setup, would it be possible to just have a "wide open" samba setup
that doesn't require a sign on? The linux account "housing" the files would
still have the same kind of protection from outside of your network, and it
seems very common nowadays to have some kind of "blue box" router protecting
your home network. (I use fixed IP's and can allow access from only local
machines).

So, I give this as a point of reference for a home with only 3 users who are
old enough not to interfere with each other's "home" accounts. Here is a
link to the samba configuration settings that we use to avoid logins in a
home network.

http://kimbriggs.com/computers/computer-notes/linux-notes/samba-setup-guide.file

I'm prepared for all of the security experts to tell me how "dangerous" this
is, but any photo file I have is backed up on an internet server "off-site"
and any document that is really that important to me is printed out and kept
in a fire safe. Even a "secure" hard drive is a machine that can break and
is no guarantee of security.

cheers,
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