RE: FreeTDS and SQL Server using NT Authentication

> From: Tony Bibbs [mailto:tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: September 25, 2003 4:33 PM
> 
> Hrm, that may explain our problems.  We *do* have a firewall 
> between our 
>   freetds machine and the NT PDC.  The FreeTDS box is one of 
> ours, the SQL Server is on our client's network.
> 
> We've already poked holes in the firewall for port 1433 between our 
> FreeTDS server and the SQL Server, I'm assuming NT 
> authentication will require additional ports?  

Yes.  

> If so which.

Dunno offhand, sorry.  Start with:

http://www.schemamania.org/projects/freetds/build/doc/userguide/x1382.htm
and 
http://davenport.sourceforge.net/ntlm.html

Microsoft documents it, too.  See the SQL Server documentation, Samba docs,
or, you know, google-is-your-friend.  

> (Sigh) Sorry, I don't personally maintain any NT/2003 boxes so this 
> wasn't immediately obvious to me.

No worries.  HTH.

--jkl
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