> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-portmaster-users@livingston.com
> [mailto:owner-portmaster-users@livingston.com]On Behalf Of Doug Kite
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 1999 12:46
> To: portmaster-users@livingston.com
> Subject: (PM) Logging into an NT domain
>
>
> We are using for our dial up services a Portmaster 3, running ComOS 3.8.
> Some users are authenticated locally by the PM, some by Radius. I have
> some questions about how to make it easy for users to log in to their NT
> domain after dialing up through the PM.
>
> Can the PM be made to assign a WINS server address to the client, much
> as it does the ip address (for users in the local PM database, or by
> radius)?
>
> People dialing in using NT often put the domain name in under their DUN
> connection settings. This makes the PM deny them because the username is
> sent in the form DOMAIN\username, such as LENOIR\dkite. So even if the
> user dkite exists, it will be denied. If the user omits the domain name,
> they are allowed to connect to the PM, but aren't authenticated to the
> domain properly.
>
> Windows seems to want the dial-up connection and the domain to be
> authenticated at the same time, but this doesn't work well in this
> situation (or any situation where you are not using Micro$oft RAS as the
> ppp server). Is there some workaround? A way to get 95 and NT to log in
> to the domain separately AFTER the dial up connection is made? What's
> the best combination of settings in Network properties and DUN settings?
>
> Any ideas or general observations appreciated. I know the specific
> question deals with NT, but I would appreciate knowing how this could be
> made to work in 95 as well.
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Doug
>
> _________________________
> Doug Kite
> Network Administrator
> Lenoir County MIS
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