Group: comp.os.linux.networking
From: Robert Harris
Date: Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: Linux Domain logins

jkimathi wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am an admin of 15PCs running linux and 20 PCs running windows XP.
>
> At the moment I have one domain controller(W2k) which serves the
> network.
>
> I want to set up a domain such that users of Linux boxes can not login
> locally. When they start their machines, they should be prompted by a
> domain login and they shoul be aunthenticated by the domain.
>
> Please help.

If you mean that you want your Windows Domain Controller to authenticate
your Linux users, then you need winbind, part of the Samba suite.

Robert

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