Linux -> Active Directory Password Synchronization

[www.douglassdavis.com]

Hello,

I am trying to create a utility to set a Windows password from Linux
and would like some advice.

What options are viable in this situation? Also, if you have done
this successfully, what did you have to do?

According to uname, I am using GNU/Linux 2.6


Thanks.

 

[jwgoerlich@gmail.com]

Are you looking to set the password (one off), or to synchronize
passwords between Linux and Windows (ongoing)?

J Wolfgang Goerlich

On Dec 16, 9:13 pm, "www.douglassdavis.com"
<douglass_da...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to create a utility to set a Windows password from Linux
> and would like some advice.
>
> What options are viable in this situation? Also, if you have done
> this successfully, what did you have to do?
>
> According to uname, I am using GNU/Linux 2.6
>
> Thanks.

 

[www.douglassdavis.com]

On Dec 17, 6:31 am, jwgoerl...@gmail.com wrote:
> Are you looking to set the password (one off), or to synchronize
> passwords between Linux and Windows (ongoing)?
>
> J Wolfgang Goerlich
>
> On Dec 16, 9:13 pm, "www.douglassdavis.com"
>
> <douglass_da...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > I am trying to create a utility to set a Windows password from Linux
> > and would like some advice.
>
> > What options are viable in this situation? Also, if you have done
> > this successfully, what did you have to do?
>
> > According to uname, I am using GNU/Linux 2.6
>
> > Thanks.


I am just looking to set the password.

Here's the situation:

Some users only have a Linux account, some have both a Windows account
and a Linux account. I am creating a web page that will allow the
user to set their password. We use Linux/Apache/PHP for our web
servers. And as of right now, every time the Active Directory
password is changed, the Linux password is changed too. So, for those
people who use both AD and Linux, if I could just set the Active
Directory password, everything would automatically synchronize.

So, what are some effective options in terms of setting an Active
Directory password from Linux?

Thanks.

 

[ctvader]

On Dec 17, 11:17 am, "www.douglassdavis.com"
<douglass_da...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Dec 17, 6:31 am, jwgoerl...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Are you looking to set the password (one off), or to synchronize
> > passwords between Linux and Windows (ongoing)?
>
> > J Wolfgang Goerlich
>
> > On Dec 16, 9:13 pm, "www.douglassdavis.com"
>
> > <douglass_da...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > Hello,
>
> > > I am trying to create a utility to set a Windows password from Linux
> > > and would like some advice.
>
> > > What options are viable in this situation? Also, if you have done
> > > this successfully, what did you have to do?
>
> > > According to uname, I am using GNU/Linux 2.6
>
> > > Thanks.
>
> I am just looking to set the password.
>
> Here's the situation:
>
> Some users only have a Linux account, some have both a Windows account
> and a Linux account. I am creating a web page that will allow the
> user to set their password. We use Linux/Apache/PHP for our web
> servers. And as of right now, every time the Active Directory
> password is changed, the Linux password is changed too. So, for those
> people who use both AD and Linux, if I could just set the Active
> Directory password, everything would automatically synchronize.
>
> So, what are some effective options in terms of setting an Active
> Directory password from Linux?
>
> Thanks.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

What about using SFU? We use it to synch our unix password from AD
and it works really well.

 

[www.douglassdavis.com]

On Dec 17, 1:26 pm, ctvader <jeff.sw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 17, 11:17 am, "www.douglassdavis.com"
>
>
>
> <douglass_da...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > On Dec 17, 6:31 am, jwgoerl...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > Are you looking to set the password (one off), or to synchronize
> > > passwords between Linux and Windows (ongoing)?
>
> > > J Wolfgang Goerlich
>
> > > On Dec 16, 9:13 pm, "www.douglassdavis.com"
>
> > > <douglass_da...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > > Hello,
>
> > > > I am trying to create a utility to set a Windows password from Linux
> > > > and would like some advice.
>
> > > > What options are viable in this situation? Also, if you have done
> > > > this successfully, what did you have to do?
>
> > > > According to uname, I am using GNU/Linux 2.6
>
> > > > Thanks.
>
> > I am just looking to set the password.
>
> > Here's the situation:
>
> > Some users only have a Linux account, some have both a Windows account
> > and a Linux account. I am creating a web page that will allow the
> > user to set their password. We use Linux/Apache/PHP for our web
> > servers. And as of right now, every time the Active Directory
> > password is changed, the Linux password is changed too. So, for those
> > people who use both AD and Linux, if I could just set the Active
> > Directory password, everything would automatically synchronize.
>
> > So, what are some effective options in terms of setting an Active
> > Directory password from Linux?
>
> > Thanks.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> What about using SFU? We use it to synch our unix password from AD
> and it works really well.

Thanks for the suggestion. That's definitely an option. Our admin
used it at one time (I'm not sure to do what), but there were many
changes that had to be made to the source code to make it work for us,
so he's not fond of it. We may go that route though.

Since I would like to evaluate all options, if any one else has any
other suggestions please let me know.

Thanks.

 

[S. Pidgorny]

It's going to be soo much easier to implement the password self-service
system using Windows/IIS, and have Linux authenticating using
Kerberos/LDAP/smb...

--
Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, RHCE
-= F1 is the key =-

* http://sl.mvps.org * http://msmvps.com/blogs/sp *

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>
> Thanks for the suggestion. That's definitely an option. Our admin
> used it at one time (I'm not sure to do what), but there were many
> changes that had to be made to the source code to make it work for us,
> so he's not fond of it. We may go that route though.
>
> Since I would like to evaluate all options, if any one else has any
> other suggestions please let me know.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>