On 12/11/2014 18:26, Nutter, Ronald wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Thomas [mailto:ma...@apache.org] > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 11:46 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Question about Windows Auth howto > > On 12/11/2014 16:50, Nutter, Ronald wrote: >> I am looking at implementing AD authentication for Tomcat. Being new >> to Tomcat, I am trying to check the information before setting this >> up. The how to shows one part being done on the AD Domain controller >> and the other being done on the tomcat server. This seems to infer >> that I would also need to install tomcat on the domain controller to >> perform the needed steps on the DC. > > What makes you think that? > > RN> Since the Domain Controller is specifically called out by role
Again, where does it say you need to install Tomcat on the domain controller? Mark >> I would prefer not to do that >> unless there is no other choice. Since the server that tomcat is >> running on is a member server in the domain, can I do the steps in >> the howto on the tomcat member server instead ? > > You can try it but it has only been tested with running those commands > on the domain controller. They might work on a server that is a domain > member. > > Mark > > RN> Will try it on the server running tomcat which is a member of the domain. > > Just wanted to check to be on the safe side. I try not to install anything > on the domain controllers, just to be on the safe side. > > Ron > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
