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Johnson, Mark wrote: > I am installing CVSNT (2.0.58d) on a Linux server (RHEL 3.0), and trying > to determine the best authentication method. All our clients will be > using Windows 2K or XP, and we are using Active Directory for our > windows network. Can I set up CVSNT to use this? (or is that more a > function of configuring the Linux box to use the active directory > authentication first, then cvsnt will do it by default). Will this > allow me to restrict shell access to the repository while still allowing > cvs client access from remote workstations? Which authentication method > is required to use active directory? Does anyone know where to point me > for how to set this up. I have checked the archives, and have found > very little. > cvsnt will use the PAM settings for cvs, so provided you have an /etc/pam.d/cvs file which authenticates with the active directory then it'll work. For gserver you'll need to setup the /etc/krb5.config and /etc/krb5.keytab appropriately - this is more a Linux configuration problem than a cvsnt one. If you have samba and winbind setup to authenticate tot the active directory the sspi protocol use winbind to authenticate user. Tony