Mixed Network - single authentication (revisited)

Fri Mar 1 23:42:43 PST 2002

On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 12:05:06PM -0800, Daniel Curry wrote:
> I have a mixed network of win-whatever systems and linux/unix
> development systems and servers.  I currently have an ADC and a Linux
> OpenLDAP server cross authenticating via Kerberos.  The windows
> systems authenticate against the ADC, as do the Linux/Unix systems,
> via the OpenLDAP server.  At least all this is working in my 'lab' of
> 5 machines.  Here is the question I have no idea how to answer, yet.
> I want to drop the Kerberos link, and have all systems authenticate
> against the LDAP server.  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to
> do this?  Will Exchange run its mailbox authentication requests
> against the LDAP server?  Or just against the ADC?
> 
> Thanks for any advise or suggestions.

Check out the Samba folks.  I'm told they're the ones figuring out how
to get Windows to play along with non-AD LDAP. :)

-danny