Gentoo on Windows2000 domain?

G00fy · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 1:54 pm Post subject: Gentoo on Windows2000 domain?

Hi,

Is it possible to let Gentoo start up & log on to a windows2000 domain? (I mean, behave like a 'windows2000' client?).

What I should be able of is to log on to the domain and add shares and so on to my files on the (windows-)server (//server/share$). This way I still can work...

Is there any way of reading my mails (on an exchange server) too? I heard about Evolution... But that is not free :p. So there might be a better solution (btw, I am not looking for a SMTP-solution which I heard at some other forums about the exchange topic, because that would mean downloading the mails, and not keeping them on the server (backup-issues).

Thanks for any hints!

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nobspangle · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 4:53 pm Post subject:

You can't really log on to a windows domain.

If you use Samba and winbind you can log on to your gentoo box using your windows domain username and password.

For the shares you can either mount them using mount -t smbfs or browse them with smbclient. There are also graphical options like the one that comes with xfce4

For exchange if you just want email then use IMAP, that way the messages stay on the server and if you use a decent client like thunderbird it'll copy your sent items on to the server as well. Thunderbird can also access the global address book using LDAP.

the_sphynx · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 4:55 pm Post subject:

Make sure you have ldap kerberos krb4 in your make.conf file

G00fy · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 5:14 pm Post subject:

Thanks

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If you can't seem to find your glasses,
it's probably because you don't have them on.