Deploying Linux on the Desktop
Looking at real world requirements and implementations, this book gives Administrators and their Management the tools necessary to implement and understand a Corporate Desktop using Linux.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Deploying Linux on the Desktop
Chapter 5: File Sharing
Overview
File sharing is an important feature of the desktop, so we will discuss ways of accessing file shares using CIFS (Common Internet File System), Apple-Talk, and NFS (Network File System) from the Linux desktop. We will also include a discussion about reading and writing different CD-ROM and hard disk formats.
When using CIFS and AppleTalk, there is an assumption that your desktop login will be your login to the file-sharing servers across the network. With Linux, this is not generally the case, but it can be with a properly configured samba/ldap/kerberos setup, so different approaches may be needed. We will cover standalone Linux, Wine, and VMware solutions to such file-sharing problems. Last, we will delve into how to read the myriad CD-ROM and hard disk formats in use today.
5.1 How Do I Authenticate against an Active Directory Server?
To authenticate against an Active Directory server, you must use the Kerberos system via the PAM security subsystem. Active Directory uses Kerberos to authenticate. There is, however, a caveat when using the pam_krb5 module: you must be on the network first, so road warriors need to connect to the VPN before they can log in and authenticate against the AD server.
5.1.1 RHEL3
First ensure that the following RPMs are installed:
authconfig-gtkpam_krb5krb5-libskrb5-workstation<a name="230"></a><a name="IDX-80"></a>
Then run:
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redhat-config-authentication (as shown in Figure 5.1). For RHEL4 and Fedora the command is system-config-authentication.
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Select the Authentication tab and check the Enable Kerberos box (as shown in Figure 5.2).
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Then...
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