Cygwin fully supports domain users. just run `mkpasswd -d <domain name> >> /etc/passwd` on each box. (setup may run this automaticly these days i'm not sure so check if you already have a list of domain users in your passwd file.)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce P. Osler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 05 December 2002 22:04 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Bruce Osler > Subject: Is it possible to use centralized passwords with > cygwin inetd? > > > For starters - I'd like to contribute to the Cygwin love-fest going > on. I think Cygwin is an awesome environment with huge benefits > for folks working under windows. > > Today I'm interested in finding out wether I can use networked > password services with the cygwin inetd. At work I would like to > setup a series of computers with Cygwin tools all of which are > running the Cygwin inetd. As there are a couple of hundred engineers > in this environment the option of maintaining multiple /etc/passwd > files is a bit onerous (if not unreasonable). All of these computers > are already hooked into an environment where the user passwords are > provided and managed centrally to an NT domain. Is there any way > I can have Cygwin/inetd use the central domain password service > for authentication? > > - Bruce > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
