FreeTDS Development Group

["James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:12:34 +0000
"Korosi, Nick" <nkorosi AT indians.com> wrote:

> I was wondering if it's possible pass the current users credentials to 
> Microsoft SQL Server using integrated authentication so that the user 
> doesn't have to type in their password in clear text.  I have Samba/Winbind 
> installed and the Linux server is a member of the domain.  The user is 
> logging into the shell with their domain username and password as well.

http://freetds.schemamania.org/91/userguide/kerberos.htm
http://freetds.schemamania.org/91/userguide/config.htm#EVERYONE

Yes.  All you need is Kerberos:

1.  Kerberos has use Active Directory
2.  kinit(1) and sclient(1) should work
3.  FreeTDS is configured with --enable-krb5
4.  you've linked in the Kerberos libraries

then it should Just Work.  The utilities in the current snapshot don't even 
require -U and -P; they attempt a Kerberos/SSPI login if no username is 
provided.  

--jkl