From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 25 20:19:44 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 731E916A400 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:19:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from omr4.networksolutionsemail.com (omr4.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3796E13C44C for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:19:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from mail.networksolutionsemail.com (ns-omr4.mgt.netsol.com [10.49.6.67]) by omr4.networksolutionsemail.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id l3PKJh1n020365 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:19:43 -0400 Received: (qmail 25650 invoked by uid 78); 25 Apr 2007 20:19:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.15.200?) (racerx@makeworld.com@71.113.183.18) by ns-omr4.lb.hosting.dc2.netsol.com with SMTP; 25 Apr 2007 20:19:42 -0000 Message-ID: <462FB7CC.1030903@makeworld.com> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:19:24 -0500 From: Chris User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070403) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pat Lashley References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 OpenPGP: id=C01BC363 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Active Directory server on 6-STABLE ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: racerx@makeworld.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:19:44 -0000 Pat Lashley wrote: > I'm looking for a good way to provide a single authentication/authorization > database for multiple applications in an environment consisting of a > FreeBSD > server and a collection of primarily Windows (XP) clients. We do NOT want > to use the old Windows Domain protocols; and it doesn't look easy to make > Windows work with anything that isn't a Microsoft work-alike. > > Active Directory looks like a good choice; since it should be easy to > access > the database from just about any app that supports LDAP authentication. > But > so far, I haven't found an implementation of an AD-compatible server > that will > run on FreeBSD. (This could, in part, reflect my lack of Windows > experience...) > > It looks like Samba4 is far enough along to provide the necessary > functionality; > but it doesn't build and run on FreeBSD; and I don't currently have the > time > available to do the porting work. > > So, have I completely missed some other solution? Does someone have Samba4 > running on FreeBSD 6-STABLE? Do any of you have any other useful > (on-topic) > advice for me? Pat - your not going to find a good "fit" with FreeBSD and LDAP. The closest you will get to near-AD via Unix is here. http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Documentation You may find this will better suit your needs. It has mine. -- Best regards, Chris BOFH excuse #54: Evil dogs hypnotised the night shift