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For those who are new or forget - I have a RHEL 5 Server and a few dualboot XP w/SP2 and CentOS 5 systems. The Linux machines were installed straight of CD/DVD, no patches. I was initially going to try a single sign-on to the RH 5 box via LDAP, but RH says it simply isn't possible and I don't know my way around LDAP other than it is a database and exists. So, option 2 is to simply have the RH 5 Server act as a Windows PDC via Samba and use NIS to enable users to log in, all the while, in either situation, having the RH 5 box serve out the user's central home directory - mounted as a drive letter under Windows, or exported under Linux. I've spent much of last week and much of today [trying to learn] LDAP, and today, finally deciding to dump that, but proceeding with Samba as a PDC. For Samba as a PDC - what is the best way to have Win XP Pro w/SP2 successfully authenticate to Samba as a domain controller with encyrpted passwords? And, to have Samba establish the user's home directory as a mapped drive? I've used a barrage of web sites showing various smb.conf confing files but can't yet get my test XP machine to authenticate to the domain I set in my smb.conf file. For NIS - what is the best way to permit the user to log into their account, created on RH 5 server, and have their home directory exported to their workstation? I presume there will be no problem with users simultaneously logging into multiple workstations, be it Linux or Windows? I only bother the list because I have scoured so many web sites, some with a variety of options, I believe I'll get the best answer here. Thanks. Scott -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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