getting an NT 4 box to connect to linux gateway

[Bob George]

"Craig White" <craigwhite@azapple.com> wrote:
> [...]
> I can mount drives on a peer to peer network using only mount -t smbfs
username=
> etc... see man mntsmbfs
>
> but that ain't gonna work on a domain

I have no trouble using that syntax on a NT server (PDC). The only drawback
is sending the password in cleartext, but given l0phtcrack that may not be
such a big deal. :)
I just verified

"mount -t smbfs //ntpdc/sharename /mnt/mountpoint -o
username=user,password=password"

and it works fine.

> Domain means - Samba

Only required if you want to let Windows machines see the Linux box though.
Just to access a remote Win box only requires smbfs.

> 1. smbpasswd -j DOMAIN -r PDC
>    (joins your comupter to the domain)

Keep in mind you need administrator rights to the NT domain to do this.

> 2. install pam_smb  -  will use the domain controller to authenticate
users on
> services - i.e. login access for http/ftp/etc

Oooh, neat. Hadn't picked up on the non-Windows aspects. I'll have to look
that up. Thanks!

- Bob

- Bob