Re: Hesiod?

[Bret Hughes <bhughes elevating com>]

On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 22:04, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 19:12, Monte Milanuk wrote:
> > http://www.linux.ncsu.edu/lug/linux-at-ncsu-faq/
> > 
> > Looks interesting.  How does something like this compare to NIS or
> > similar systems.  Anyone here able to comment on using this from
> > personal experience?
> 
> Nope, just that most of the world seems to be going to LDAP.  From that
> FAQ, Hesiod seems nice in that it runs in the DNS server, and you
> probably don't need an extra process.  On the other hand, a lot more
> software seems to support LDAP than Hesiod.
> 
> I just migrated from NIS to LDAP+Kerberos in my home network in
> preparation for doing the same thing where I work.  Works well :)

can windows machines also authenticate through LDAP for samba shares?

Bret