2 Active Directory Support; Integrating Linux And Ad Environments - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual

Active Directory Support
Active Directory* (AD) is a directory service based on LDAP, Kerberos, and other
services that is used by Microsoft Windows to manage resources, services, and people.
In an MS Windows network, AD provides information about these objects, restricts
access to any of them, and enforces policies. SUSE Linux Enterprise® lets you join
existing AD domains and integrate your Linux machine into a Windows environment.
12.1 Integrating Linux and AD
Environments
With a Linux client configured as an Active Directory client that is joined to an existing
Active Directory domain, benefit from various features not available on a pure SUSE
Linux Enterprise Linux client:
Browsing Shared Files and Folders with SMB
Both Nautilus, the GNOME file manager, and Konqueror, its KDE counterpart,
support browsing shared resources through SMB.
Sharing Files and Folders with SMB
Both Nautilus, the GNOME file manager, and Konqueror, its KDE counterpart,
support sharing folders and files as in Windows.
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