I'm curious as to what are the current "best practices" when it comes to centralized administration of a network of Unix (primarily Linux, but not necessarily so) machines? Essentially, what is the equivalent of Active Directory for a network with one or more Unix hosts? The immediate answer I come up with would be something like OpenLDAP plus PAM but what I'm looking for is the suite of tools (GUI and CLI apps) for managing the directory, deploying software, centralizing sign-on and security, managing printers, etc. In a perfect world, I would like to centralize administration of Windows, Unix, and OS X machines via a single directory service, though I imagine such a solution would be expensive and/or cumbersome if it even existed. Or is this something Samba 4 will do?
posted by Imhotep is Invisible on Sep 9, 2009 - 5 answers

DokuWiki Filter: Running a DokuWiki install with auth:ad for Active Directory authentication. Everything works fine except subscriptions. How do I get those emails working? [more inside]
posted by Xuff on Mar 31, 2009 - 1 answer

In Active Directory, is it possible to direct the act of authenticating a user to one domain, but the subsequent authorization of that user to be handled by another? [more inside]
posted by adipocere on Nov 18, 2008 - 7 answers

Idiot-Check Filter: I work for a company that is starting to explore a much closer relationship with one of its partners. Both of these companies are running Active Directory domains on Windows 2003 with Exchange 2007 for messaging. Does it make sense to create a Forest Trust between our two companies over a VPN? [more inside]
posted by rocketpup on Oct 10, 2008 - 4 answers

I'm working with an Active Directory domain that has had a rash of PCs losing trust with the domain. Whenever users log on to the domain and try to access shares on the server, they are denied access. I've found a way to fix this, but would like to know the root problem. [more inside]
posted by ijoyner on Aug 18, 2008 - 5 answers

Active Directory filter: I need to get a list of Department entries for each user in an AD database. [more inside]
posted by deadcowdan on Aug 6, 2008 - 2 answers

What is the "state of the art" with respect to Python on Windows for Active Directory administration and interfacing with MS-SQL 2000/2005/2008? [more inside]
posted by adipocere on Apr 2, 2008 - 7 answers

Best way to perform this Active Directory black magic? Our company has dozens of Windows terminal servers at remote locations (client sites), and we need a way to centralize Active Directory. [more inside]
posted by arnold on Mar 25, 2008 - 5 answers

Can I get a gentoo machine to authenticate/mount home directories from a windows 2003 server with a single password? [more inside]
posted by grandsham on Feb 16, 2008 - 4 answers

Can I somehow reset my profile's cached Active Directory password in XP? [more inside]
posted by sideshow on Jan 8, 2008 - 8 answers

Really simple windows 2000 server question: How do I add a network user to the local admin group? [more inside]
posted by fvox13 on Jun 21, 2007 - 6 answers

New server in Active Directory. Can't see shares on it (or the server, for that matter) from other subnets. Of course, there's [more inside]
posted by gnz2001 on Apr 26, 2007 - 5 answers

Anyone have any Windows networking experiance? I'm in need! [more inside]
posted by TrueVox on Apr 4, 2007 - 10 answers

I need to create a custom password filter for an Active Directory domain. Any cheap or free solutions? [more inside]
posted by bda1972 on Feb 1, 2007 - 5 answers

HT set up home wireless network with laptop using active directory at work? [more inside]
posted by mdion on Jan 26, 2007 - 3 answers

I'm in the process of setting up a file server that will interface with 12 windows XP workstations. I want it to be directly mountable on those workstations, and (the catch) I also want it to work with Active Directory. I'd like to install Linux on the server, but should I use Windows instead? [more inside]
posted by pombe on Dec 7, 2006 - 14 answers

Windows requiring domain in login name? [more inside]
posted by empath on Sep 14, 2006 - 3 answers

Where do I find doccos that tell me how to authenticate my PAM-capable unix boxen against Microsoft's Active Directory? [more inside]
posted by Mozai on May 26, 2006 - 8 answers

I'm a senior Unix system administrator who will shortly be responsible for maintaining an Active Directory 2003 installation as well. I'd like to build up a small ad2k3 reference library. I've had training and am finding my way around fine so far and I'm not a stranger to NT4, so I'm not lost, just trying to be prepared. What books do you recommend for an experienced sysadmin who is new to Active Directory 2003?
posted by mendel on Feb 23, 2005 - 2 answers

Apache, LDAP, ActiveDirectory and You: I have an application running on Apache. I would like to restrict access to the folder(s) it runs in by authenticating users against our Windows ActiveDirectory server, but I'm having trouble crafting the right URL. [more inside]
posted by yerfatma on Nov 1, 2004 - 7 answers