Prior to installing Authentication Services, ensure your system meets the minimum hardware and software requirements for your platform. Authentication Services consists of Windows management tools and Unix client agent components.
Windows management tools requirements
Authentication Services Windows components
Authentication Services Unix components
Authentication Services permissions matrix
Authentication Services encryption types
Management Console for Unix requirements
The following are the minimum requirements for installing Authentication Services in your Windows environment.
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Supported Windows Platforms |
You can install Authentication Services on 64-bit editions of the following configurations:
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Prerequisite Windows software |
If the following prerequisite is missing, the Authentication Services installer suspends the installation process to allow you to download the required component; it then continues the install:
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Authentication Services includes the following Windows components.
Windows component | Description |
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Authentication Services Control Center |
A single console for access to all of the tools and configuration settings for Authentication Services. |
Active Directory Users and Computers MMC Snapin Extensions |
Unix management extensions for Active Directory users and groups. |
Group Policy Management Editor MMC Snapin Extensions |
Group Policy extensions for management of Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X. |
RFC2307 NIS Map Editor MMC Snapin |
Provides the ability to manage NIS data in Active Directory. |
NIS Map Import Wizard |
Imports NIS data into Active Directory. |
Unix Account Import Wizard |
Imports Unix identity data into Active Directory. |
Authentication Services PowerShell cmdlets |
Provides the ability to script Unix management tasks. |
Documentation |
Full product documentation and online help. |
To install Authentication Services on Windows, you must have:
Authenticated Users must have rights to read cn, displayName, description, and whenCreated attributes for container objects in the application configuration location. To change Active Directory configuration settings, Administrators must have rights to Create Child Object (container) and Write Attribute for cn, displayName, description, and showInAdvancedViewOnly in the application configuration location.
Rights required | For user | Object class | Attributes | |
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Create Child Object |
Authentication Services Administrators Only |
Container |
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Delete Child Object |
Authentication Services Administrators Only |
Container |
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Delete Child Object |
Authentication Services Administrators Only |
Container |
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Write Attribute |
Authentication Services Administrators Only |
Container |
cn, displayName, description, showInAdvancedViewOnly | |
Read Attribute |
Authenticated Users |
Container |
cn, displayName, description, whenCreated |
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