Linux+Windows Single Sign-on

musichead writes "Bill Boswell (writing for redmondmag.com) has posted an interesting article on configuring Linux clients to utilize a single sign-on and play nicely in a Microsoft Active Directory network. The article focuses on Fedora Core 2 (and the Core 3 beta), but he has examples and instructions for SuSE Linux 9.1 Professional, Mandrake 10.1 and Xandros Desktop 2.5 on his website."

Comments

mit has single sign-on using kerberos

[lysander]

Not that many sites use kerberos, but mit has had single sign-on with kerberos for quite some time.

Re:Won't work with XP Home

[Squatchman]

That's what I love about /.

That hip "underground" (read: mom's basement) crowd that doesn't see the benefit in something like this. The minute people like the parent see the word microsoft they go into a self-induced froth and start posting flames annonymously. Does your face get red too?

A lot of existing businesses already have the Microsoft infrastructure in place(AD included). Something like this would open the door for Linux clients/servers as a gradual upgrade option for those businesses that can't just switch over to a new platform all at once.

Re:Odd seeing this come from Redmond...

[Glamdrlng]

I wonder why the various Linux Vendors have not had some kind of setting during install to allow authentication to an Active Directory.

I haven't made use of it yet, but during install Suse9.2 gives you the option of pointing the authentication piece to active directory.