This is how I was able to configure Suse 10.0 to authenticate on a Windows 2003 Active Directory Server. I do not know if it will work on previous versions of Windows or with previous versions of Suse Linux.
Notes:
1.Any text that reads domain.internal (lower case) you will replace with your domain.
2.Any text that reads DOMAIN.INTERNAL (upper case) you will replace with your domain in upper case.
3.Any text that reads DOMAIN (upper case) you will replace with your domain (no .internal)
4.The NetBios name is the name of your client (workstation/computer)
This process will require the krb5-client (I installed all of it), Samba, and Samba-Winbind.
Steps
Step 1: Install the Required Packages – This can be done through Yast
Step 14: See if Konsole will list user names and group names from Windows:
wbinfo -u
wbinfo -g
Step 15: Make sure the permission on the DOMAIN folder under Homes is set to the correct permissions so that the new users can create their folder on login.
I just booted a very old system with a SUSE 10 floppy disk and instead of the standard theme for the installation boot menu thing, there was a rather festive Lemmings-like level in the background with a snowy winter scene (but, with Tuxes rather than Lemmings). Reminds me of the Linux game Pingus... :)
I would have posted a screenshot, but I had to reboot the machine and on reboot it was back to the default SUSE screen again. Easter egg? Don't know why I couldn't get it to work the second time, though. :)
I have just reinstalled Windows XP Home SP2 and have got this problem for the second time. This problem has just reinforced my view that Linux is so much better than Windows ;). If any of you know anything that might be able to help me, I would be very grateful.
Sounds on Windows are now extremely choppy, especially this is noticable at startup and shutdown with the Windows XP sounds. Also, after logging on and using a program or two, the mouse pointer freezes and stays in one position. It still works, but you can't see it, so you have to guess by rollover effects where the pointer is. There is a workaround to use the Show location of pointer when I press Ctrl in the Mouse Properties, and this is how I'm actually forced to use Windows.
As far as I can tell, this problem started just after installing Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition (with MSDN and MS SQL Server). Since this brings along .NET Framework 2.0 and MSXML 6.0, however, I'm not sure what is doing this. I've tried removing all the components of VB2005, to no avail. I've also already just rebuilt Windows from having this problem, so I'm not very happy with Microsoft at the moment. [img]<___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_dry.png[/img]
From Googling my problem, the only related thing I've found has been:
But I don't have a subscription, so I can't see the answer. :( I don't think it's spyware, though, because this is a completely new installation of Windows.
it seems that spammers try every method in the book using methods like email, phising, posting on forums (with links to where they want you to click) amongst their methods,
while browsing through the statistics of this website (https://www.linux-noob.com) i came across some unfamiliar 'referral links' which drew my interest and later, disgust.
The spammers have obviously got some 'spam bots' which crawl websites for one purpose, to falsely leave behind their 'links' in the statistics page of a website.
To try and further understand these low-lifes I did some analysis:-
ok, the first link is listed as a 'direct request' and what that means is any internal link on linux-noob.com that links back to a page/site/forum whatever on linux-noob.com is listed as a direct request, same goes for anyone coming here via a bookmark to linux-noob.com or RSS feed.
The second link in the list above is our friend google, nothing strange there.
However, if we look at the 3rd to the 12th links listed, things start to become strange,
obviously to find out who these 'new' referrals were I clicked on the link only to be surprised that I landed on a 'so called search page'
which is 'marketing' (spamming to you and me) a drug called "lousy spam".
"lousy spam" itself (according to google) is a diet pill, but who cares. I don't. I'm not interested. What annoys me is that the 'charlestyrell' link redirects me to a 'search site'. That is the SPAM in action.
which is a 'pay per click' ad revenue, so we can see that the many links 'left behind' on linux-noob.com's STATS page are designed to get users to 'click' and end up on 'searchmeup'.
some is trying to profit here, but who ?
I tried to 'report abuse' to the domain name creation site listed above but was left feeling less than impressed (see screenshot)
cmon guys, feel like helping me out here ? who is doing this and how can we stop them ?
I recently started messing with a few other distributions and was frustrated with (K)Ubuntu's lack of mplayer and codecs. Although it is possible to find a good repository for apt-get to pull in those files, I found a much easier way to handle pulling in all of these files, including Audacity (a good sound editor), and the mplayer plugin for Firefox.
Automatix is a script for (K)Ubuntu that pulls in a ton of different files according to what you opt for. For example, from the above link:
Quote:Capabilities:1) Installs multimedia codecs
2) Installs all Firefox plugins (java, flash, etc) (except Adobe reader and mplayer)
3) Installs RAR, ACE and UNRAR archive support
4) Installs skype
5) Installs Acrobat reader 7 and firefox plugin for the same.
6) Installs Gnomebaker (CD/DVD burning s/w for GNOME)
...
Please forgive me for linking to another board, but this was invaluable in my opinion, and will benefit new (K)Ubuntu users. Please note that Kubuntu users have three additional packages to install before installing Automatix.
I have just installed linux for the 1st time (suse 10) and liking it a lot. I have got it connected to the internet using a usb wireless adapter (something that has put me off trying linux for a long time was the lack of wirless support). My only real problem so far is that my usb flash drive is recognised and mounted automatically when i plug it in and an icon appears on the desktop. The drive works fine but when i have finished using it and and right click to choose the 'unmount' option, i get a message telling me somthing about not having permission as i am not the owner and somthing about "fstab". I am having to wait until the pc shuts down before removing the device as i don't want to corrupt the memory. Is this a bug in suse 10 or am i missing something?
