Re: Windows-user?
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texte = Peter - I have a little better idea of what you are asking. The client wants to have the user log into an intranet database using their existing client credentials under NT? The answer is basically, not with Linux. You cannot be authenticated to an intranet website using their NT credentials unless you are using an NT server and IIS/WebSite. But this only authenticates them to the server, it does not authenticate them to the database. You can establish a realm that uses NT user credentials, but that only limits them to where on the web site they can go.Now there is a way to use Linux and Samba to tie the user databases together for authentication (NT Domain), but I don't think it is very easy to get working correctly (or wasn't 10 months ago when I tried). There may be an Apache module that uses external authentication that can be tied to Samba (which is in turn tied to NT). But this still only authenticates you to the web site, not into the database itself. If this is a true intranet, you can create a list of IP addresses for the client workstations and use that for security (for example tracking who made what change).Now, if the question is can NT users copy files onto the server, the answer is yes, use Samba. But this is a bad idea from any number of directions. The less unmediated (i.e. out of your exclusive contol) access a client has to a system, the more things that they can screw up.HTHJohn Peacock Peter Ostry wrote: > > on 08.08.2000 15:27, John Peacock at JPeacock@UnivPress.com wrote: > > >> I am asked if I can overtake the Windows Network User with WebCat, when > >> the webserver is Linux/Apache. Can I? > >> > >> ... > > > > I don't understand the question. If you mean can a Windows user log > > into the system, the answer is yes, see http://www.samba.org. But this > > has nothing whatsoever to do with WebCat! > > > > Could you rephrase the question, if this is not what you were asking? > > Sorry. Second try: > They have a NT network and I am asked to put a webserver with a database > into their office (Intranet). Every user has a system login and the client > asks why a user must have a second login to access the database. I think it > is not a big problem with a Windows server in the same network, but we know > little about NT and want to use a Linux server and WebCat. > > The question is, can a NT-user access a Linux box and use her existing user > data to access a database? > > Peter > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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Peter - I have a little better idea of what you are asking. The client wants to have the user log into an intranet database using their existing client credentials under NT? The answer is basically, not with Linux. You cannot be authenticated to an intranet website using their NT credentials unless you are using an NT server and IIS/WebSite. But this only authenticates them to the server, it does not authenticate them to the database. You can establish a realm that uses NT user credentials, but that only limits them to where on the web site they can go.Now there is a way to use Linux and Samba to tie the user databases together for authentication (NT Domain), but I don't think it is very easy to get working correctly (or wasn't 10 months ago when I tried). There may be an Apache module that uses external authentication that can be tied to Samba (which is in turn tied to NT). But this still only authenticates you to the web site, not into the database itself. If this is a true intranet, you can create a list of IP addresses for the client workstations and use that for security (for example tracking who made what change).Now, if the question is can NT users copy files onto the server, the answer is yes, use Samba. But this is a bad idea from any number of directions. The less unmediated (i.e. out of your exclusive contol) access a client has to a system, the more things that they can screw up.HTHJohn Peacock Peter Ostry wrote: > > on 08.08.2000 15:27, John Peacock at JPeacock@UnivPress.com wrote: > > >> I am asked if I can overtake the Windows Network User with WebCat, when > >> the webserver is Linux/Apache. Can I? > >> > >> ... > > > > I don't understand the question. If you mean can a Windows user log > > into the system, the answer is yes, see http://www.samba.org. But this > > has nothing whatsoever to do with WebCat! > > > > Could you rephrase the question, if this is not what you were asking? > > Sorry. Second try: > They have a NT network and I am asked to put a webserver with a database > into their office (Intranet). Every user has a system login and the client > asks why a user must have a second login to access the database. I think it > is not a big problem with a Windows server in the same network, but we know > little about NT and want to use a Linux server and WebCat. > > The question is, can a NT-user access a Linux box and use her existing user > data to access a database? > > Peter > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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