Likewise Open is a free, open source application that joins Linux, Unix, and Mac machines to Microsoft Active Directory and securely authenticates users with their domain credentials.
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Likewise Open Features
New in Likewise Open 6.0!
- Even faster Logon: Likewise Open 6.0 significantly improves logon times for users of many groups – in particular, large, complex groups.
- Enhanced password change support: Likewise Open 6.0 provides users in complex Active Directory topologies – involving multiple forests and a one-way trust – a means of updating a password to comply with network policies.
- Easy upgrade: The new registry mechanism in Likewise Open 6.0 significantly improves upgrade support to allow customers an easier way to apply new versions of Likewise Open while maintaining current configurations.
- Smart service manager: Sequences the start up of daemons--maintaining proper dependencies--significantly reducing errors and providing administrators a common model across Linux, Unix, and Mac platforms.
- Joins non-Windows systems to Active Directory domains in a single step from the command line or from a GUI
- Authenticates users with a single user name and password on both Windows and non-Windows systems
- Enforces the same password policies for non-Windows users and Windows users
- Supports multiple forests with one-way and two-way cross forest trusts
- Caches credentials in case your domain controller goes down
- Provides single sign-on for SSH and Putty
- Next-generation authentication engine that supports Kerberos, NTLM, and SPNEGO
- No schema changes to Active Directory required
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