Network authentication for UNIX and Linux

[mkomarinski-GqRSzq0LZOzYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org (Mark Komarinski)]

On 10/27/2010 10:36 AM, Mark Woodward wrote:
> Windows uses "Active Directory" for domain management. If you don't know
> what that is, its Microsoft's domain system that was rewritten around a
> set of services with ldap.
LDAP and Kerberos
> What would be the equivalent under UNIX/Linux? Is NIS the standard, if
> so, really?!?
If you want to use AD for management, you can use a not-free-at-all 
application like Centrify or Likewise Enterprise, or the free-as-in-beer 
Likewise Open.

-Mark