General questions about authenticating windows "domain" users

[tyjgHoVeqqNeAJUr]

Hello,

I am unfamiliar with terms like "Kerberos", "windbind", and "netbios". I do not use windows although most of my coworkers are on a windows "domain".

My FreeNAS machines are sharing data using CIFS "guest accounts". People are not required to enter a username or password.

Q1: Is it possible for users to enter their windows "domain" username and password in order to access the CIFS shares?

Q2: If so, to set this up on FreeNAS, do I enable "directory services"?

Q3: If so, which do I use: LDAP or AD (or something else?)

Q4: Does the Windows domain administrator need to be involved in this process? Does my FreeNAS machine need to "join" the "domain"? Does my FreeNAS machine itself need a username and password for the domain?

Q5: Which user will ZFS say owns any files created by a user who logged in with his windows "domain" credentials?

Q6: Is it possible for /etc/password to be populated with a list of users from the windows "domain" so that I can setup groups and quotas?

Thank you,

Chris

 

[bigphil]

Read my guide for how to easily get FreeNAS working with Active Directory.
http://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/using-active-directory-with-freenas.18068/

 

[TheSmoker]

How about domain users quota and how to apply that? Thanks!