Is it possible hook windows machine's login to an OpenLDAP back end, on RHEL?

Samba will participate in a domain, but as far as serving as a domain controller, it doesnt seem that samba will do it.

Is there some other method of doing so?

Thanks!

This is very possible, and relatively easily done. SME server will do it out of the box, take a look here: http://www.contribs.org, and here is another method using RHEL which is a little more involved: http://pbraun.nethence.com/doc/net/samba-ldap.html. I would do plenty of research, read lots, decide what you and your organisation need in terms of PDC, Backup DC's, file servers, mail servers and so forth, prior to implementation. This link is a run down of SAMBA capabilities in terms of domain control, and is probably the best link I have for quality information in this regard: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/...samba-pdc.html. If you have any questions, post and we'll try to help.

Yet another option

http://freeipa.org/

using Kerboros and LDAP...

-C

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll look through the suggested methods, and see what fits best.

Thanks for the direction.