Users that are granted access have unprivileged access to the Linux server. For all intents and purposes, all Active Directory accounts are now accessible to the Linux system, in the same way natively-created local accounts are accessible to the system.

Does Linux have Active Directory?

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.

Is Active Directory incompatible with Linux?

AD is incompatible with Linux, OS X, and other non-Windows hosts. AD can “speak” LDAP. AD is used as a central repository of group policy objects, or GPOs.