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The Question is: If I install Pathworks Advanced Server on my Alpha running V6.2-1H3, and make it a member server in AD, will there be any problem for users authenticating on the VAX/VMS V5.5-2H4 systems in the cluster? Or even the Alpha for that matter? Case sensitivit y doesn't kick in until V7. The Answer is : If the Advanced Server simply serves files and participates within the Microsoft Domain and does not particularly provide serve of the OpenVMS security and authentication, then you need only ensure you have the appropriate minimum versions and ECO kits loaded and running. If you do seek to use Advanced Server for external OpenVMS password authentication and to share passwords among OpenVMS and Microsoft Windows logins, then the cited OpenVMS releases are too old for support of external authentication. You will not be able to maintain consistent password values across the OpenVMS cluster and across the domain. OpenVMS V7.1 is the earliest release with support for external authentication, and specically for LAN Manager authentication. Other authentication capabilities have been added subseqeuntly, such as the addition of LDAP authentication in OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-2 and the addition of Kerberos Authentication in V7.3. There is also apparently a RADIUS Authentication package available available, though not from HP. Case sensitivity and ODS-5 support both involve OpenVMS Alpha V7.2 and later. Existing topics include (8753),(8473), (6337), (5850) and others.
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