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Thanks for your advice on how to have a Linux client authenticate with AD. Do you have any suggestions on allowing a Linux server to serve up files to Windows clients using only AD for authentication?

Take a look at Windows Services for UNIX, which includes a Client for NFS that allows Windows clients to access resources hosted on Linux/UNIX hosts.

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