Neil Greenwood wrote: > 2008/10/15 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Hi folks, >> >> As part of the change over from Windows XP to Ubuntu I'm trying to get >> the Ubuntu machine to authenticate against a domain. >> >> At the moment we have a Windows 2003 SBS server which is going to be >> _hopefully_ replaced with SME Server 7.3 which provides a domain via Samba. >> >> Now I've got this working before on earlier versions of Ubuntu (6.10, >> 7.04) but not tried it in a while. >> >> What I'm trying to do is get the Ubuntu box to authenticate against the >> domain so when a user comes along, they can login using their Windows >> login details (saves me hassle of creating extra accounts and keeping >> passwords up to date). >> >> Previously I was able to follow this guide to authenticate the users... >> >> http://tech.canterburyschool.org/tech/UbuntuWorkstations_2fAuthenticationSetup >> >> The problem is, I'm trying this on Intrepid and some of the >> configuration files (where it relates to pam) have changed and not being >> an expert on pam, I don't know what to alter. >> >> I see that in some of the palm config files it now uses pam_permit.so >> rather than pam_unix.so. I just wondered if pam_permit.so looks in >> another config file? >> > > There was an article about PAM in Linux Format issue 99. If you > subscribe, you can see the articles on their website even if you no > longer have the issue. > > It explains what all of the different pam_xxx.so options do, and how > to configure them. > > If you aren't a subscriber, or no longer have the issue, I'll have a > look and see what I can crib from the article to help you out. > > > Cofion, > Neil. > > Okay I've dug out the issue and had a play but on Intrepid it seems to use some new method of authenticating with PAM. Looks like a good idea but I can't find any good documentation on it.
I've enabled LDAP on the SME Server now which I'm hoping will work better for what I need. The problem again is that I can't find any documentation for Intrepid. I did find something for Hardy bit that didn't seem to work on Intrepid (I ended up breaking sudo with that one!). Times like this I wish there was a nice GUI which would help me setup authentication against the server using LDAP. I wonder if Likewise will do this? (I know it authenticates against Active Directory but I'm not actually running AD, just LDAP and a Samba PDC). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
