Webinar – Configuring Linux and Macs to Use Active Directory for Users, Groups, Kerberos Authentication and even Group Policy

Most of the organizations I talk with have Linux and Mac systems but most of those systems are stuck in the early 90’s in terms of identity and authentication. They are like Windows way back in time before you had Windows NT domains. Each system has its list of users and groups. Each human user has an account and password on each system they access – or they tend to share accounts and passwords. I’m sure I’m preaching to the choir when I say all this is bad for security, creates compliance violations and is just inefficient. Some organizations that run specific versions of Unix and have a strong set of system administrators to support them have implemented NIS or NIS+ but there are security issues with those too. Generic LDAP is another option for some, but again come with its own set of challenges, not least is that of on-going maintenance to keep such a system functioning.

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