On 2007-12-15, ray <ray@zianet.com> wrote: > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:36:29 -0800, kenbo wrote: > >> I have a Windows Vista machine that I am integrating into an existing >> Linux Lab. Is there an easy >> way to take a Linux passwd file and set up the Windows machines to >> recognize those same >> users? > > You might want to read up on NIS - used to be yellow pages. NIS is probably the least helpful of the already-suggested options. Samba or LDAP will be much easier to configure for Windows<->linux shared authentication. --keith -- kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us (try just my userid to email me) AOLSFAQ=http://www.therockgarden.ca/aolsfaq.txt see X- headers for PGP signature information