> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of CentOS List > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:58 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: [CentOS] Windows AD > > Hi, > > Does CentOS 5 / RH 5 ship with a similar windows active > directory and able > to support windows workstations? I've of heard OpenLDAP and > FDS. Does > windows support those? You don't want to go through the Windows LDAP authentication method, modified schemas, adding extended attributes and managing them for all AD users. It's a real mess. Use winbind + kerberos and that's all you need. If you need to have the windows uid/gid common across a whole bunch of machines you can either, 1) get the idmap rid stuff working in samba so all uid/gid->rid mappings are the same or 2) setup 1 host to do the mappings and dump it into an NIS map and share it via NIS. -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.