[ale] Authentication solution for Linux/Windoze environment

[James P. Kinney III]

On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 11:41 -0500, John V. Harding wrote:
> Greetings,
> I currently manage a small (~40 nodes) Linux network in an engineering 
> environment. We also have a Windows network with about the same amount 
> of nodes. I currently use an NIS server running on Redhat 8 for Linux 
> and Windows Domain Controller for the windows network and bridge the gap 
> with Samba for file sharing

Plop the entire mess onto Samba. It can support being the PDC for the
winders (computer challenged) crowd and can also authenticate Linux
users using the same backend ldap setup.

Look into Fedora Directory Server for the ldap backend solution.
> 
> Can anyone suggest an authentication solution that can handle both 
> networks with minimum maintenance overhead? I prefer a Linux/open source 
> solution but would also entertain an appliance solution. There is also a 
> need to include a remote mirrored system for a branch office. A Windows 
> based Domain controller has been recommended but it does not seem to 
> support RHEL 4 well (or my Windows Admin does not know how to implement it).
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> 
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James P. Kinney III          
CEO & Director of Engineering 
Local Net Solutions,LLC        
770-493-8244                    
http://www.localnetsolutions.com

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