Re: [Fedora-directory-users] NT user?

David Boreham
Wed, 28 Sep 2005 03:05:48 -0000

Vsevolod (Simon) Ilyushchenko wrote:

> What''s the purpose of "NT user" attributes available on
the user
> properties screen? I thought this is the way to authenticate Windows
> clients, but from what I''ve seen on the list, the only way to do
it is
> by installing pgina. Or is "NT user" the way to configure the
back-end
> for pgina?

Those attributes are used by the ''Winsync'' feature of FDS.
Winsync allows two-way syncronization of user and group
information between FDS and either Active Directory or NT4.