Re: Windows / Linux password interplay

kenbo wrote:
I have a Windows Vista machine that I am integrating into an existing
Linux Lab. Is there an easy
way to take a Linux passwd file and set up the Windows machines to
recognize those same
users?

It's a small lab (17 machines), so I am looking for an easy and simple
solution, if possible.

thanks,
kenny

If you have an existing Linux network, you already need more than a passwd file to recognise (i.e. authenticate and authorize) your users to the network. So, if you haven't done so already, set yourself up an LDAP server so that your network can share user logins, groups and whatever else you might want to share over the network.

If you want Windows machines to share the same logins, you also need a package which on my (Debian) system is called smbldap-tools which provides tools to keep Linux and Samba accounts in sync.

Robert
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