W2K and up support caching of logon credentials. As far as I know, if you want the same behavior on Linux, you will need to pay for 3rd party software, like VAS from Vintela.
Guy -- Smith & Wesson - the original point and click interface On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 20:10, Oded Arbel wrote: > Hi list. > > I'm using Samba 3.05's winbind and nss_wins to authenticate against the > company's Active Directory Windows Domain. It works perfectly while > I'm on the company's network, but as soon as I'm diconnected (or > connected to a foreign network) I can no longer log in. I've noticed > that the unix pwdb doesn't even have my login information anymore, while > in with previous versions I remember that loging in with winbind caused > a passwordless pwdb entry to be created - or that could have been a > configuration change: I'm not sure. > > My laptop dual boots to Windows XP where I can login even when > disconnected - I guess that windows somehow caches login credentials for > use when the active directory server cannot be contacted. Is there some > way to get the same behavior in Linux ? ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
