Actually you can use Samba.. They supply a API that can be used to write a
NT authenication/checkpassword.
Sean Truman
www.prodigysolutions.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kris Kelley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "QMail Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: QMail and Win NT user auth
> > Is there any way that I can use the same NT Domain Logon based system
(the
> file)
> > to auth my further QMail users when checking their mail.
>
> The trick is to use NIS. This enables a centralized server to control all
> your user authentication information, instead of having each computer have
> /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files, or the NT equivalent.
>
> There are NIS clients and servers for NT, all bundled with other stuff in
a
> package called Services for UNIX. My company subscribes to MSDN, and we
> installed Services for Unix from somewhere within that monster load of
CDs.
> I'm afraid I'm not aware of how to get this package elsewhere, nor do I
have
> any experience in how to set it up for NIS; we're using the package to
> provide NFS shares from an NT box. Scrounge around on M****s***'s web
pages
> and see where you can get this package (assuming you don't have an MSDN
> subscription). A word of warning: the documentation for Services for UNIX
> is spaghetti.
>
> ---Kris Kelley
