If you run Linux servers and Windows servers together, you can build two independent authentication systems and networks or connect servers to one network with one central authentication system. Because Samba can cooperate with an active directory domain, you can join your SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to Active Directory (AD).
Join an existing AD domain during installation or by later activating SMB user authentication with YaST in the installed system. Domain join during installation is covered in Section 3.10.7.5, “Configuring the Host as a Windows Domain Member”.
To join an AD domain in a running system, proceed as follows:
Log in as root
and start YaST.
Start
+ .Enter the domain to join at
in the screen. Alternately, use to get a list of all available domains and select one.Check
to use the SMB source for Linux authentication on your SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.Click
and confirm the domain join when prompted for it.Provide the password for the Windows Administrator on the AD server and click
.Your server is now set up to pull in all authentication data from the Active Directory domain controller.