Linux – Windows Share authentication from Active Directory Linux login

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I'm using Active Directory to log into RHEL. To do this, I followed the steps outlined here:

http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/2007/05/using-active-directory-to-authenticate-users-on-a-linux-computer.htm

I'd like to be able to read data from Windows Servers shared folders without being prompted for a password.

On Windows I log into an AD domain, and when I access windows file shares on a server on the LAN (also part of the AD domain) my I can just access them with no authentication step.

I've used SMBclient on Linux to access these shares, but it asks for my password.

I would like to be able to script access to the data on the shares, but I can't if there's a password prompt in the way. Well, I could, but it's not how I want to do it.

Now, since I'm logged in using my active directory username & password, can't I just access the shares without jumping that extra hoop?

I know I can mount the share using something like:

//192.168.0.5/share /mnt/windows cifs auto,username=steve,password=secret,rw 0 0

but access will depend who is logged in… each user logging in should have their own unique AD access privelages.

Thanks for reading!

Best Answer

What you want is called Single-Sign-On. To achieve that, you must kerberize Linux. See http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html or similar.

Sorry, dont have the time to post the details.

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