Windows Authentication via LDAP
Apr 6th, 2008 by admin
I know how easy it is to make Unix machines authenticate to LDAP server, but with Windows to do that you need a Domain Controller !
If you just want to do simple LDAP authentication , then you can use this login replacement for windows : www.pgina.org
It is called pGIna , and works just like pam on linux , I tried it and it works very well with openldap , there are plugins for other things….like authenticating against MySQL database !
This is really cool. you can create users on LDAP or MySQL…..and no need for a Domain Controller. It also supports some Domain functions , like startup scripts, and mobile profiles.