"Linux version" of windows active directory

[Robert Crowther]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:01:59 -0000, Ben Hodgson <ubuntu-list at blahpro.com> wrote:
> I think I saw someone write something about using SAMBA to do this in a
> forum thread once - and ive heard of something called PAM (but i dont know
> if it is exactly related). Is anyone here able to point me in the right
> direction here - I'm completely in the dark! 
>
You probably want to look into OpenLDAP.  LDAP is what Active
Directory is based on (and they are compatible to some extent).  You
can then configure Samba (among other things) to look in LDAP for
authentication information.

Rob