IDS on NT user authentification
Posted in 1999
Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Security, Permissions & Auditing, Networking & sqlhosts Configuration
Hi there, a software company is about to install an NT box with IDS (w/g Ed. 7.30 into our Novell 4 network. They told me IDS relies on _local_ NT users to authentificate database users who are primarily logged into NDS. Keeping track of two accounts for each user (one NDS account and a local one on the NT box) is not really an option for me as an admin. I'm thinking about NDS for NT, which imports entire NT domains into NDS and redirects domain authentification requests to NDS, where all users, their passwords and their rights (e.g. NT group membership) can be managed nicely in one place. Now the big question: Will IDS support such a constellation? And the smaller question: Will I be able to run IDS without enabling TCP/IP on my entire network? IPX/SPX is humming along very smooth and fast on its own... Thanks, Peter Zinckgraf PS: I've asked that questions in novell groups before, but the folks there are not too familiar with Informix as it does not run under Netware.