Active Directory Support; Integrating Linux And Ad Environments - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - SECURITY 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 Server lets you
join existing AD domains and integrate your Linux machine into a Windows environ-
ment.
5.1 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 Server 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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