Windows 2000 Server - Linux Client

[Subculture]

Here's something for people to chew on:
(I'm doing this for a friend who is a sysadmin)

My friend, we'll call him adminA, is a sysdmin at a local university. The head admin, his boss (adminB), wants adminA to setup linux clients that authenticate against a Windows 2000 Server activte directory so that there's a centeralised user database, ie. same log and pass for linux and windows clients.

Current attempts have been made using LDAP, with no success thus far. Does anyone have any experience with this?

Any ideas, links, or instructions would be great! Thanks.

[jumpedintothefire]

I have is working with a NT4 domain, not AD but see:

http://linuxnewbie.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62268

[Subculture]

Thanks, I've passed that along. I've also been seaching the forum for an hour, found little bits and pieces, nothing earth shattering.

Anyone else's $0.02 is always appriciated.

If he gets it to work, we'll do up an NHF.

[Subculture]

AdminB doesn't want the linux client to use Samba/WinBind or anything related.

He's most likley retarted, but he's the boss.

Any other ideas?

[jumpedintothefire]

So what else can see AD?? Kerbose??
Here is a tool that works but you can't use it??
Sounds like your buddy is being set up for the fall...IMHO