Windows NT Server Replacement Discussion

Eric Lee Green wrote:

> With Linux on their workstations, on the other hand, he'd have blessed relief.
> Evolution is immune to Windows viruses, it runs fast enough on those decrepit
> old machines, OpenOffice does what they need it to do, and they can try to
> install Windows software all they want, it ain't happenin :-). The main
> problem he's facing now is access to the Windows NT server. He'd like them to
> log in, and be able to access only their files on the Windows NT server. But
> smbmount requires a specific user ID. Unless he ties people to specific
> workstations (which he does not want to do), he's stumped.


Have him take a look at Pam_Mount. From Freshmeat.net:

> The pam_mount module allows users to have NCP (Netware), SMB
> (Windows/Samba), or loopback-encrypted volumes mounted upon login,
> using the same passwords they typed to log in. A remote volume can
> even be used as a user's $HOME. Volumes mounted this way are
> automatically unmounted on logout.

The Pam_Mount homepage is a good place to start -

http://www.flyn.org/projects/pam_mount/index.html

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Chris Lewis
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