FreeTDS Development Group

[Mark Brand <mabrand AT mabrand.nl>]

Hi,

I'm wondering about the possibility of using Windows authentication when
using FreeTDS without ODBC to connect to MS SQL Server.  The client
application using FreeTDS is running on Windows.

Connecting using a Windows username of the form domain\username works
fine, but I would like to avoid specifying the password when making the
connection. I am using FreeTDS cross-compiled in mingw-cross-env.
http://www.nongnu.org/mingw-cross-env/

I've read a few things on this subject, for example that it might be
possible to use samba to authenticate from a non-Windows host. But I'm
thinking there might be an easier way if we are running on Windows.

The motivation for doing such a thing is to use the TDS driver in Qt.

Does anyone have experience, tips, or ideas on this subject?

-Mark