Winter 2009 Edition - Stable Release
Likewise Open integrates Linux, UNIX, and Mac computers in Microsoft Active Directory.
Download the Likewise Open installer for your type of computer and operating system from the list and then make it executable with chmod a+x. Or, right-click the installer, click Properties, click the Permissions tab, select Execute for Owner, and then click Close. Then double-click the installer to run it.
After installing Likewise, run the following command as root. Your AD account must have privileges to join computers to the domain:
Linux: /opt/likewise/bin/domainjoin-cli join domainName ADjoinAccount
Log on with your AD credentials by using the form DOMAIN\username. Example: likewisedemo.com\hoenstiv. On the command line, you must include an escape character: DOMAIN\\username.
New! Winter 2009 Edition Linux Download Packages
If you are upgrading from a previous version of Likewise Open, click here.
Click Here for the Latest Unstable Release
Click Here for the Archived Fall 2008 Release
Installation and Administration Guide
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10-Minute Setup Guide for Linux
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Discussion Group
Version by Architecture |
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Domain Join GUI (Optional) |
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| Linux 2.4/2.6 kernel 32-bit RPM Release Notes |
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| Linux 2.4/2.6 kernel 64-bit RPM Release Notes |
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| Linux glibc 2.2 or earlier Release Notes |
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| Linux 2.4/2.6 kernel 32-bit DEB |
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| Linux 2.4/2.6 kernel 64-bit DEB |
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| FreeBSD 32-bit |
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New! Winter 2009 Edition Mac OS X and UNIX Download Packages
Version by Architecture |
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| OS X 10.4 and 10.5 PPC DMG Release Notes |
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| OS X 10.4 and 10.5 Intel DMG Release Notes |
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| Solaris 8, 9, and 10 x86 32 and 64-bit | DOWNLOAD Bitrock DOWNLOAD Sfx |
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| HP-UX PA-RISC | DOWNLOAD Bitrock DOWNLOAD Sfx |
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| AIX | DOWNLOAD Bitrock DOWNLOAD Sfx |
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Source Code
Likewise Open is provided under the terms of the GNU General
Public License (GPL version 2) and the GNU Library General
Public License (LGPL version 2.1). The additional components
listed below are covered under separate license agreements:
- Samba 3.0 Client libraries and tools - GPLv2
- MIT Kerberos - MIT Kerberos 5 and other licenses
- OpenLDAP - OpenLDAP Public License
- Novell DCE-RPC - BSD
- LibXML2 - BSD
- libuuid from e2fsprogs - BSD
- libiconv - LGPLv2
- OpenSSL - BSD
For more details and for the full text for each of these
licenses, read the LICENSES and COPYING files included with
this software.
Module |
Description |
Download Link |
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| domainjoin | The domain join API and applications | DOWNLOAD |
| krb5 | Krb5 - MIT Kerberos 5 libraries (http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/) | DOWNLOAD |
| libxml2 | LinXML2 - XML Parseing libraries (http://xmlsoft.org/) | DOWNLOAD |
| openldap | OpenLDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) cliebnt libraries (http://www.openldap.org/) | DOWNLOAD |
| passwd | Passwd - PAM enabled replacement for the system provided passwd program | DOWNLOAD |
| base | Base - Support libraries for Likewise Open | DOWNLOAD |
| eventlog | Eventlog - Auditing services | DOWNLOAD |
| lsass | Lsass - Authentication services | DOWNLOAD |
| lwidsplugin | Lwidsplugin - Likewise Directory Service client for Apple's OS X | DOWNLOAD |
| netlogon | Netlogon - AD Domain controller locator service | DOWNLOAD |
| pstore | Pstore - Password storage libraries | DOWNLOAD |
| rpc | Rpc - DCE/RPC runtime and application libraries | DOWNLOAD |
| sqlite | Sqlite - SQL Lite database manager | DOWNLOAD |
Likewise Open is free to download and use according to the terms under the Limited GPL 2.1 for client libraries and the GPL 2 for daemons. Likewise will also ensure that OEMs, VARs and other entities can license LWIS under a proprietary license that gives them wide latitude and freedom to commingle LWIS with their IP without compromising their own IP.