On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:21:02AM +0000, Longina Przybyszewska wrote:
Hi list, I am going to set up proof-of -concept installation of Ubuntu (Precise) client/server using sssd to authenticate/authorize against Active Directory. At this moment everything seems to be a challenge - as I am exclusive (ok ;-) almost exclusive... ) hard core Linux user.
As our Windows team is not ready with AD schema for Unix - my first exercise could be -get login/ssh authenticate (and change passwd) against AD -get uid/gid/auto.home map/shell from existing Linux NIS server
Is my plan realistic ?
I'm not sure what version of the SSSD does Ubuntu Precise ship, but I would recommend using 1.9.x and the AD provider. You might also want to look into the realmd project, that could simplify joining an AD domain for you.