[cvsnt] Re: Linux and Windows Single-Sign-On

[Torsten Martinsen]

Tony Hoyle wrote:

>PAM should allow this, as long as the users exist in some form on the
>Linux box (which I assume they do from your description).  
>
That's actually not necessary with winbind. With

    passwd:         files winbind
    group:          files winbind

in /etc/nsswitch.conf, winbind authenticates Active Directory users even 
though they are not listed in /etc/passwd. This is alll very well 
described in the Samba docs 
<http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/winbindd.8.html>.

-Torsten