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Samba 4.0 released

Samba 4.0 released

Posted Dec 13, 2012 13:59 UTC (Thu) by ortalo (subscriber, #4654)
Parent article: Samba 4.0 released

Congrats first.

Is there any chance someday that the project also propose some replacement/addon to the native MS/Windows authentication in Vista/7/8&co. *HOME* Editions?

It's so frustrating to configure Samba4 at home only to see that the home PCs cannot join an Active Directory domain and the kids cannot get their individual accounts...

(I know I could entirely skip the OS - but well, they want the games too - and I confess being sensitive to the objection too.. ;-)


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Samba 4.0 released

Posted Dec 13, 2012 16:10 UTC (Thu) by cortana (subscriber, #24596) [Link]

You can use `ksetup` to connect a system running Windows 7 Home (and, I assume prior versions) to a kerberos realm. You don't get any group policy or other AD features, but you get a working ticket granting ticket and all programs that support SSPI should Just Work.

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