<div>
Hi fulp02,<br />
You can install Samba and configure Winbind. This will enable Linux users to authenticate against a Windows domain controller. 
</div>


Hi fulp02,
You can install Samba and configure Winbind. This will enable Linux users to authenticate against a Windows domain controller.

<div>
No , I want to authenicate Windows users against a linux box. <br />
not authenicate Linux user against a &nbsp;windows domain controller <br />
sorry if i was speaking giberish up above thanks for the comment though ..
</div>


No , I want to authenicate Windows users against a linux box.
not authenicate Linux user against a  windows domain controller
sorry if i was speaking giberish up above thanks for the comment though ..

<div>
Thank You so Much , Your My Hero man.<br />
This site is so worthy of the cost , but only Because of the experts !!!!!!!!!!! <br />
<br />
<br />
Thanks grblades ! 
</div>


Thank You so Much , Your My Hero man.
This site is so worthy of the cost , but only Because of the experts !!!!!!!!!!!


Thanks grblades !

<div>
Thanks.<br />
Here is a LDAP/SAMBA link:-<br />
<br />
<a href="http://samba.idealx.org/smbldap-howto.en.html" rel="ugc">http://samba.idealx.org/smbldap-howto.en.html</a><br />

</div>


Thanks.
Here is a LDAP/SAMBA link:-

http://samba.idealx.org/smbldap-howto.en.html [http://samba.idealx.org/smbldap-howto.en.html]


<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
I know that I can use NIS for Linux to Linux Box authenication.......But I need to be able to validate windows client Machines to with out having <br />
to go buy a new server and a copy of windows server does any one know of any work arounds to get this to work. <br />
I know with a windows to windows domain you can authenicate users But how on Windows to Linux ???????????<br />
If any one has any idea about how to do this it would be much apreciated So that I don't have to go out and spend <br />
big $$$$ on a copy of server and a new machine <br />
<br />
Thanks Experts <br />
Chris 
</div>
</div>


I know that I can use NIS for Linux to Linux Box authenication.......But I need to be able to validate windows client Machines to with out having 
to go buy a new server and a copy of windows server does any one know of any work arounds to get this to work. 
I know with a windows to windows domain you can authenicate users But how on Windows to Linux ???????????
If any one has any idea about how to do this it would be much apreciated So that I don't have to go out and spend 
big $$$$ on a copy of server and a new machine 

Thanks Experts 
Chris 

Validating Windows user From a Linux Box?????????

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.