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From:	Vince Hoffman <Vince DOT Hoffman AT uk DOT circle DOT com>
To:	"'Bruce P. Osler'" <brosler AT cisco DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	RE: Is it possible to use centralized passwords with cygwin inetd
	?
Date:	Fri, 6 Dec 2002 10:41:16 -0000
MIME-Version:	1.0

Cygwin fully supports domain users. just run `mkpasswd -d <domain name> >>
/etc/passwd` on each box.
(setup may run this automaticly these days i'm not sure so check if you
already have a list of domain users in your passwd file.)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce P. Osler [mailto:brosler AT cisco DOT com]
> Sent: 05 December 2002 22:04
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Cc: Bruce Osler
> Subject: Is it possible to use centralized passwords with 
> cygwin inetd?
> 
> 
> For starters - I'd like to contribute to the Cygwin love-fest going
> on.  I think Cygwin is an awesome environment with huge benefits
> for folks working under windows.
> 
> Today I'm interested in finding out wether I can use networked
> password services with the cygwin inetd.  At work I would like to
> setup a series of computers with Cygwin tools all of which are
> running the Cygwin inetd.  As there are a couple of hundred engineers
> in this environment the option of maintaining multiple /etc/passwd
> files is a bit onerous (if not unreasonable).  All of these computers
> are already hooked into an environment where the user passwords are
> provided and managed centrally to an NT domain.  Is there any way
> I can have Cygwin/inetd use the central domain password service
> for authentication?
> 
> - Bruce
> 
> 
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