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Subject:    Re: [freetds] Setting up Trusted Connections from Linux to MS Sql Server 2008 [was Re: Building on G
From:       "James K. Lowden" <jklowden () freetds ! org>
Date:       2012-09-09 17:52:06
Message-ID: 20120909135206.8b81686b.jklowden () freetds ! org
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On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:04:22 -0400
Spencer Ogden <spencer@spencerogden.com> wrote:

> I apologize if the FreeTDS list is not the 
> right location as it is only tangentially related. A mailing list 
> probably isn't the best place to post, but I hope this OK.

This mailing list is archived and the archive is indexed by search
engines.  It's a fine place to recap your experience.  

> 3) Setup Samba and winbind to join the Linux server to the AD

Is this in fact necessary?  AFAIK active directory is a Kerberos
implementation.  I would expect your Gentoo box to be able to
authenticate against AD with or without Samba.  

> 5) Setup a simple test of unixODBC. [...] The two config files are
> odbcinst.ini and odbc.ini.
> 
> IMPORTANT: unixODBC does not deal well with whitespace in it's config 
> files. Do not use any leading whitespace in either file.

To clarify, odbc.ini is parsed by each driver, not by the DM.  FreeTDS
has no problem that I know of with whitespace in odbc.ini.  

--jkl
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