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Getting AD Lookup to work without UNIX Attributes tab
16 July 09 06:03 PM | Ashish | 0 Comments   

Getting AD Lookup to work without UNIX Attributes tab The previous post talks about how to get the UNIX Attributes tab to work without installing IdMU components. In this post, I would like to talk about what attributes the NFS components expect to be Read More...

Filed under: Server for NFS, Windows Server 2003 R2, Active Directory Lookup, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

Using UNIX Attributes tab without installing IdMU
13 July 09 08:11 PM | Ashish | 0 Comments   

Using UNIX Attributes tab without installing IdMU Starting with the Windows Server 2003 R2 release, Microsoft has made it clear that the AD Lookup feature would be the preferred direction to go for identity mapping between Windows and *nix when it comes Read More...

Filed under: Windows Server 2003 R2, Active Directory Lookup, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Server for NIS, Windows Server 2008 R2

AD Lookup with ADAM/ADLDS
10 July 09 11:17 PM | Ashish | 0 Comments   

AD Lookup with ADAM/ADLDS With removal of UNM in Vista/W2K8, it became really problematic to map users in non-AD environments to use with Vista/LH NFS Servers and Clients. For client, a workaround was discovered which was essentially a registry tweak Read More...

Filed under: Server for NFS, Active Directory Lookup, Windows Vista, Client for NFS, Windows Server 2008, ADAM, ADLDS

Limitation with Active Directory Lookup feature in Microsoft Services for NFS
15 December 08 10:25 PM | Ashish | 0 Comments   

Limitation with Active Directory Lookup feature in Microsoft Services for NFS The Active Directory Lookup feature that was introduced with Windows Server 2003 R2. This feature greatly simplifies the UNIX identity information management but has its own Read More...

Filed under: Server for NFS, Windows Server 2003 R2, Active Directory Lookup, Windows Vista, Client for NFS, Windows Server 2008

Set up Services for Network File System in Windows Server 2008
15 December 08 10:03 PM | Ashish | 4 Comments   

Set up Services for Network File System in Windows Server 2008 The Microsoft Services for NFS continues to be the part of the operating system in Windows Server 2008 and seems we will see more improvements when Windows Server 2008 R2 is released. In Windows Read More...

Filed under: Server for NFS, Active Directory Lookup, Client for NFS, Windows Server 2008

UNIX Interoperability and Windows Vista
01 May 07 05:44 PM | Ashish | 10 Comments   

UNIX Interoperability and Windows Vista There was SFU 3.5 Interoperability components. It got ported to Windows Server 2003 R2. And now we have similar interop components packaged with Windows Vista too. Windows Vista Ultimate and Enterprise editions Read More...

Filed under: Active Directory Lookup, Windows Vista, SUA, Client for NFS, Services for UNIX

Active Directory Lookup? Or, User Name Mapping? Or Both?
13 April 07 08:54 PM | Ashish | 11 Comments   

Active Directory Lookup? Or, User Name Mapping? Or Both? User Name Mapping in Windows Server 2003 R2 and Services for UNIX allows you map UNIX user and group accounts to their Windows counterparts (both local and domain accounts). This service is used Read More...

Filed under: SFU, Server for NFS, User Name Mapping, Windows Server 2003 R2, Active Directory Lookup, Windows Vista, Services for UNIX