From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 25 23:41:50 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 CD7BC16A400 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:41:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ansarm@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62AFA13C45B for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:41:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ansarm@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so456428ugh for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:41:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=hZ5IZuuDc/MtFkkt6KF1BOqD+TmYURUG8jPNFIzlNhOr9jQFIIDQ0KYJ1p8TZwGtaibIn55ULz9z8k/rpGgDsW+9QixEsnkR6iTVGtPUwly7obBBJQg1FrfAgEBT6IbZmzodBfVEd7Gbo/7NbqNJBKcKToMlatoGmDOepQT0QnM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=PiJo8xQIY583BKZkQJeE0Yk1OTBi0VIfcChygNpyTviDVkAxWL5KJtWmmkSPawBoyIIzW668vRL1ab4vrFLJKYZxxx8J2jl/iF6843yCmkY3hxNIkKinhxZdqhRT9JlTiGHCnV8JcXR8YEfpXmrI4n42VpwW9PLShWkVX/8wZ58= Received: by 10.78.97.7 with SMTP id u7mr345197hub.1177544509034; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:41:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.120.4 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:41:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <768631270704251641w778116fdx18f874101a91fbb6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:41:48 -0400 From: "Ansar Mohammed" To: "Pat Lashley" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:41:51 -0000 I have OpenLDAP running on FreeBSD 6.x. Simple, effective and reliable. You can do the same with Active Directory, but you will need Windows 2003. Msg me offlist if you want to talk about it more. On 4/25/07, 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? > > > > Thanks, > -Pat > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >