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Authenticate on Linux from W2K

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by the young one

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We have a need to get Windows 2000 Active Directory users to have a "trust" relationship on an upstream Debian Linux machine (apologies on spelling) that is acting as our upstream proxy server (outside our local firewall.)

Would this stop users on our windows domain needing to authenticate on linux box to get internet access, meaning that windows authentication is enough?

Would love to hear of similar experiences in this or ideas on how to sort it out.

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by ghstinshll

I've only heard that Samba is the service loaded on a unix box to be able to allow windows users to authenticate, but I only know of this through file servers. I've never seen it done (in my limited unix experience) before with web access...

by the young one

I have been told that users running Netscape as their browser do not get asked to authenticate on the proxy...ie. it uses their windows credentials...We are using IE6 however and no joy as yet.

When changing SQL/ODBC settings I have seen an option to "Use Windows Authentication" and this works fine with SQL...could a similar technology be set up at the client end? ie. Use Windows Authentication for Proxy Server?

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