Hello!
While setting up servers for a hosted environment, I ran across a blog by Scott Lowe which has some
fantastic information on integrating Linux and Solaris with Microsoft's Active Directory for a single source of user authentication. In other words, a username and password repository so I don't have to remember (or change) passwords on hundreds of servers. If you're interested, he has an index of the AD related articles at:
In addition, these are the articles that I found most helpful:
I'm eagerly awaiting the next revision of his Solaris - AD integration post, as we maintain a minority of Solaris servers in addition to the Linux servers.
I hope this helps!
--Chris