RE: [Nolug] Radius & Tacacs+

Hi Dustin.

So far I haven't been able to identify any Radius or Tacacs+ clients which run
on Windows. I found a few for Linux.

I'll let you know what happens. :)

Thanks,

John

   John Souvestre - Integrated Data Systems - (504) 355-0609

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nolug@stoney.redfishnetworks.com [mailto:owner-
> nolug@stoney.redfishnetworks.com] On Behalf Of Dustin Puryear
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 12:17 PM
> To: nolug@nolug.org
> Subject: Re: [Nolug] Radius & Tacacs+
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "Samba can be used to validate a non-Samba
> login?" Samba will authenticate any SMB/CIFS client and it will serve as
> a PDC for an NT domain. You can plop it on top of your existing LDAP
> user directory if you have one.
>
> If you don't already have an LDAP store, then I'd probably consider just
> doing AD. It's really not expensive and if you have several or more
> Windows boxes then the increase in Windows desktop and server
> manageability is really significant.
>
> I STILL want to see you use RADIUS/TACACS+ to auth Windows clients. That
> would be cool! Also, as an FYI, you can plug Windows boxes into a kerb
> environment even if you aren't running AD, but then you just get authn
> and nothing else.
>
> John Souvestre wrote:
> > Hi Dustin.
> >
> > > pam_radius_auth. Cool!
> >
> > Yep, it looks easy and is from a reliable source. :)
> >
> > > If you want to properly manage Windows boxes you will need Samba or AD.
> >
> > Samba can be used to validate a non-Samba login?
> >
> > John
> >
> > John Souvestre - Integrated Data Systems - (504) 355-0609
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