RE: [PHP] Apache, MySQL and PHP living with NT

Hi, have you thought about using the samba under Linux and synchronising that the smbpasswd file with with MySQL(not sure about this though since i think samba would need to talk diectly to the NT PDC). I am sure this is would be possible since samba is unix a implemntation of the windows networking architecture. Just a quick thought, the with some research or other comments could be fruitful I have syncnronised NT and Linux accounts using NT as the Domain Controller (defined in the smb.conf file) see how you go i would be intersted to see how you get on (wish i had time to look into it myself). Anyone else out there have any ideas Cheers Steven ******************************* Steven Michael Holloway Web Programmer Port Douglas Internet Services Cairns Australia steven@pdis.com.au ******************************* -----Original Message----- From: Michael Conley [mailto:mconley@eGroupBenefits.com] Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 8:09 AM To: 'php-general@lists.php.net' Subject: [PHP] Apache, MySQL and PHP living with NT I have an NT domain which houses a user account for each of our users. I am building an intranet server that will run on Red Hat Linux 7 running PHP and MySQL. I would like to put a lot of information on this web server, but some of it needs to be secured. I can easily create a mysql table to hold all of the user accounts and their (hashed) passwords. However, I would like to use the username and password information that is already in the NT domain so the users don't have two different accounts and passwords. Is there any way to have the Apache/MySQL/PHP apps authenticate against an NT4 domain? Is this a good place for Kerberos or is LDAP a better solution? We have an Exchange server.