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1 The Windows domain controller providing both LDAP and KDC (Key Distribu-
tion Center) services is located.
2 A machine account for the joining client is created in the directory service.
3
An initial ticket granting ticket (TGT) is obtained for the client and stored in its
local Kerberos credential cache. The client needs this TGT to get further tickets
allowing it to contact other services, like contacting the directory server for LDAP
queries.
4 NSS and PAM configurations are adjusted to enable the client to authenticate
against the domain controller.
During client boot, the winbind daemon is started and retrieves the initial Kerberos
ticket for the machine account. winbindd automatically refreshes the machine's ticket
to keep it valid. To keep track of the current account policies, winbindd periodically
queries the domain controller.
5.2.2 Domain Login and User Homes
The login managers of GNOME and KDE (GDM and KDM) have been extended to
allow the handling of AD domain login. Users can choose to log in to the primary domain
the machine has joined or to one of the trusted domains with which the domain controller
of the primary domain has established a trust relationship.
User authentication is mediated by a number of PAM modules as described in Sec-
tion 5.2, “Background Information for Linux AD Support” (page 68). The
pam
_winbind
module used to authenticate clients against Active Directory or NT4 domains
is fully aware of Windows error conditions that might prohibit a user's login. The
Windows error codes are translated into appropriate user-readable error messages that
PAM gives at login through any of the supported methods (GDM, KDM, console, and
SSH):
Password has expired
The user sees a message stating that the password has expired and needs to be
changed. The system prompts directly for a new password and informs the user if
the new password does not comply with corporate password policies, for example,
the password is too short, too simple, or already in the history. If a user's password
change fails, the reason is shown and a new password prompt is given.
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