Linux and Windows Active Directory (AD) integration has come a long ways since 2000. It is now quite easy to take advantage of Kerberos for managing authentication at the host level (user logins and such). Surprisingly, it’s just as easy to the same in Apache now.
This posting will walk you through the steps needed to configure and test authentication against a valid AD user.
Prerequisites
It is assumed the following prerequisites are in place:
- CentOS 5.2 Server – fully updated
- Apache, Kerberos, and supporting packages installed
- Samba configured as member server (net ads join has been successfully performed)
- Windows Server 2003 R2 or 2008 SP1 with UNIX Identity Management extensions installed
- Kerberos working (kinit from a AD user properly authenticates and klist shows tickets)
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