Hey Len,

I've seen Microsoft's NIS working fine at customer sites; so - in general -
I think you should be able to get it working. But I regret, I don't know the
grizzly config details. Maybe ask in the "Services for Unix" newsgroup:
point your newsreader to server msnews.microsoft.com then find newsgroup
microsoft.public.servicesforunix.general. Some of Microsof's SFU/SUA support
guys regularly hang out there, and are quite helpful.

Also grab Microsoft's "Windows Security and Directory Services for UNIX"
kit, if you haven't already seen it:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

This gives detailed step-by-step guides to several Windows-Unix different
scenarios. It's useful ... and free :-)

FWIW, Unix-Active Directory Integration is much better in Windows 2003 R2,
which puts Unix-friendly RFC 2307 extensions right into the base Active
Directory schema.

If you want an easy-to-configure solution, look at Quest's Vintella, or
Centrify's DirectControl. These products automate a lot of the configuration
which you need to perform manually, when using the bare Microsoft bits.
These are both good products; but of course, you need to pay for them.

Under the April 2004 settlement, Sun and Microsoft are supposed to be
buddies, not enemies :-). But sometimes it's hard to see evidence, except up
at the web services layer, where they co-operate on some WS-* standards.

Hope it helps a bit,
Andrew