Re: [squid-users] Squid authentication from ADS to linux proxy server(squid)

From: Serassio Guido <guido.serassio@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 20:11:32 +0200

Hi,

At 14.02 07/09/2003, ggrov7@eq.edu.au wrote:

>I wish to know if it is possible to get a linux box running squid to
>authenticate windows 98 clients (also some 2k and XP) from a windows 2000
>ADS server. I have been told that winbind can be used for authenticating
>of squid by installing samba (but I haven't done it before). I also know
>that samba has a limitation for authenticating windows 98 on file shares
>to a ADS server(it can't do it, it can only do windows 2k and XP because
>windows 98 does not use the kerberos proticol)

Sorry, but this is totally wrong: Squid (and Samba too) use the old NTLM
authentication, so in an Active Directory environment all NTLM clients use
the backward compatibility of Windows 2000 Domain Controllers.
Windows NT 4 clients and Windows 9x clients are fully supported from Squid
and Samba.

Regards

Guido

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