[H-GEN] Linux, SMTP, POP3 and *(*#*&^% NT

[Brent Wesley]

Brent Wesley
bwesley at bhcons.com.au


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Brent Wesley 
> Sent:	Tuesday, February 17, 1998 10:25 AM
> To:	'general at humbug.org.au'
> Subject:	RE: [H-GEN] Linux, SMTP, POP3 and *(*#*&^% NT
> 
> One of my co-workers has a company which has written software which
> should fit the bill for this job.  
> 
> There are two programs attached to the email one is a program for user
> authentication for Win NT users under linux and the second is a perl
> script for adding users on a NT box under Linux.
> 
> If you want to know more get on to http://www.mindware.com it is in
> the free section.
> 
> Cya's
> Brent.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	mtippett [SMTP:mtippett at linuxsa.org.au]
> Sent:	Monday, February 16, 1998 1:22 AM
> To:	general at humbug.org.au
> Subject:	Re: [H-GEN] Linux, SMTP, POP3 and *(*#*&^% NT
> 
> > 
> > The problem is with the user accounts bit.  Is there any solution to
> this? 
> >  I did a bit of research on the web and found a rather depressing
> article 
> > here .... http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue24/lg_answer24.html (last
> topic 
> > on the page)
> 
> If there is a NIS server available for NT you might be able to get
> away with
> it.  I think there may be problems with getting consistent passwords
> accross all platforms.  Off the top of my head I can't see any easy
> way
> of getting NT to play fair.
> 
> Although when/if the samba-team get the domain authentication stuff
> going there might be an option to create a PAM module that does
> NT domain authentication with a PDC or BDC.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> Matt
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