Likewise Open Source Software that Authenticates Linux, Unix, and Mac systems with Microsoft Active Directory
This would allow astaro to fully integrate with AD and be truly SSO capable. It's gpl 3 to boot so it's truly free..[:)]
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
Have you tried checking 'Create users automatically' on the 'Global' tab of 'Users >> Authentication'? I know that the User Portal and whitelists don't work if that's not checked, even with prefetch active.
Cheers - Bob
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow


Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
I. Determine from Windows Server the DN for the binding user and for the Base DN
If you pick a user with administrative rights, you will be able to configure either or both LDAP and AD. You will need the full, exact Distinguished Name (DN) for the Astaro to be able to work with AD or LDAP services.
Open a Command Prompt on the server running the AD services. In my case, I have a separate login for me when I want to be an administrator, bob2, so I ran the following command:
dsquery user –name b*
Among the responses was the one I was looking for:
“CN=bob2,OU=SBSUsers,OU=Users,OU=MyBusiness,DC=Ourdomain,DC=local”
Because I want to be able to use pre-existing AD groups to fine-tune the HTTP Proxy and to limit use of the Portal to select users, I’ll set the Base DN for my AD as:
“OU=MyBusiness,DC=Ourdomain,DC=local”