Tarantella Administration Guide
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Windows NT Domain (--ntdomain)
Objects with this attribute
Usage
| Windows NT Domain
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In the box, type the Windows NT domain to use for authentication.
|
--ntdomain dom
|
Replace dom with the Windows NT domain to use for
authentication.
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Description
This attribute specifies the Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 domain to use
for the application server authentication process.
Note This attribute plays no part in the Tarantella login.
Caching passwords
If a user's Tarantella password is also their NT password, then
it is possible to cache this password by setting the NT Domain attribute
on the appropriate person or profile object from ENS. As long as saving
Tarantella passwords is enabled, the domain name and password
are then stored in the password cache. (If necessary, the administrator
can configure the Authentication dialog to disable password caching.)
See also Managing passwords.
Note When using Active Directory, the NT domain attribute does not need
to be set on the person or profile object.
The authentication process
When a Windows application is launched, Tarantella goes
through the following authentication process:
- Check if the host object has an NT domain set for it. If it does,
find the username and password in the application server password
cache. If password caching is disabled, prompt for the username and
password. Otherwise,
- Check if the application object has an NT domain set for it. If
it does, find the username and password in the password cache. If
password caching is disabled, prompt for the username and password.
Otherwise,
- Check the NT domain stored during login. If the user was logged
in using an Active Directory server, the NT domain name can be inferred
from this. Use the NT domain to find the username and password in the
password cache.
User-specified domains
If you want to allow users to specify their own domains, make sure
that the value of this attribute is blank for the host, the application
and the person object.
When starting Windows applications, the user can change the domain using
the NT Domain field on the Authentication dialog. This field is
automatically completed if the NT domain is set for the host or application
object or cached, but not if the NT domain is set for
the person object.
Note A user can override the NT Domain attribute by typing a username
in the format domain\name, for example indigo.dom\rusty.
Examples
--ntdomain indigo.dom
Authenticates using the domain indigo.dom.