Microsoft® Active Directory® (AD) is the most common Windows®-based user directory solution. AD leverages LDAP under the hood, but it largely uses Kerberos as the authentication protocol for Windows machines. Because of this, Linux® and Mac® devices struggle to integrate with AD.

Does Linux use Active Directory?

sssd on a Linux system is responsible for enabling the system to access authentication services from a remote source such as Active Directory. In other words, it is the primary interface between the directory service and the module requesting authentication services, realmd .

How do I access Active Directory in Linux?

Integrating a Linux Machine Into Windows Active Directory Domain

1. Specify the name of the configured computer in the /etc/hostname file. …
2. Specify full domain controller name in the /etc/hosts file. …
3. Set a DNS server on the configured computer. …
4. Configure time synchronization. …
5. Install a Kerberos client. …
6. Install Samba, Winbind and NTP. …
7. Edit the /etc/krb5. …
8. Edit the /etc/samba/smb.