Hi guys thanks for the info. The restrictions are licensing with a windows server. I didn't realize you could setup Samba to be a domain controller. thanks for the help. I think I will try the Samba route. thanks again. Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:39:00 -0800 Subject: Re: Major noob question about freeradius From: swanson@technologypartnerds.com To: freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:29 AM, <freeradius@corwyn.net> wrote: At 02:01 PM 1/18/2010, Eric Swanson wrote: On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Bryan Boone <<mailto:bryan-boone@msn.com>bryan-boone@msn.com> wrote: For me the simplest solution to solve this would be a windows 2003 server domain controller. Unfortunately due to some corporate restrictions I cannot install a windows server. If you can't set up a Windows server to do this job, the best way to meet this need is to run Samba on a Linux machine. If you run it in domain control mode, it'll act very much like a Windows server for the purposes you're talking about. If there's a corporate restriction on installing a windows server, setting up a linux server to behave just like a windows server might also be a problem. and indeed if it's one the same network, you'll really need to get things right so that it doesn't screw anything up (such as becoming the master browser). Indeed. Just for the sake of clarity let me break it down one more notch: - If the policy that prevents you from installing a Windows server is something like a company-wide prohibition on using closed-source software, or on spending licensing money with Microsoft, and if your network stands on its own -- then Samba is probably a great approach. Good luck. - If, as Rick suggests, the policy comes from something like a central IT department that requires you to stay out of their realm of authority, then you've got a whole mess of constraints to navigate. Good luck. Speaking for myself, I'd say the pGina approach noted above by Josip makes sense only if you've already got RADIUS infrastructure. If you're building something from scratch, Samba is a much better fit, but if pGina lets you use existing RADIUS-centric stuff you just might be well-advised to go that way. Just be sure first :-) Indeed. Also, note that this is off-topic for the list. E. -- Eric Swanson, swanson@technologypartnerds.com Director of Marketing & Sales / Senior Technical Staff Technology Partnerds 888-NERDS-55 _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/