On 17 Oct 2008 at 15:52, Rob Beard wrote: > > 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/ >
You might find this interesting http://www.linux.com/feature/145656 Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
