[Lias] School Intranet Servers, Continued

[Robert McLeay]

On Mon, 2003-04-07 at 11:19, Les Bell wrote:
> 2. I need to quickly get an understanding of the way in which the
> DET-provided network infrastructure operates inside a school. Ours has a NT
> box functioning as file/print server and also apparently default gateway -
> is this a standard configuration? If so, do all teachers have an account in
> the NT domain? (I'm puzzling over how to integrate with the NT domain and
> provide single sign-on). Also, can anybody recommend good open-source
> network mapping/diagramming tools? We know where the cables go, but really
> don't know how the datagrams get routed, distinctions between classroom and
> admin networks, etc. so I need to get a handle on this.
> 

You can authenticate using PAM via SMB. (IE: To login under linux, your 
credentials are checked against the PDC). If you google for it, you
should be able to find a nice howto.

Robert.

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