Provided your machine has been configured to authenticate against Active Directory and you have a valid Windows user identity, you can log in to your machine using the AD credentials. Login is supported for both desktop environments (GNOME and KDE), the console, SSH, and any other PAM-aware application.
IMPORTANT: Offline Authentication
openSUSE supports offline authentication, allowing you to remain logged in to your client machine even if the client machine is disconnected from the network. This enables you to maintain a mobile style of working, for example, it allows you to continue to work even if you are on an airplane and do not have a network connection.
To authenticate a GNOME client machine against an AD server, proceed as follows:
Select the domain.
Enter your Windows username and press Enter.
Enter your Windows password and press Enter.
To authenticate a KDE client machine against an AD server, proceed as follows:
Select the domain.
Enter your Windows username.
Enter your Windows password and press Enter.
If configured to do so, openSUSE creates a user home directory on the local machine on the first login of each AD authenticated user. This allows you to benefit from the AD support of openSUSE while still having a completely capable Linux machine at your disposal.
As well as logging in to the AD client machine using a graphical front-end, you can log in using the text-based console login or even remotely using SSH.
To log in to your AD client from a console, enter DOMAIN\user at the login: prompt and provide the password.
To remotely log in to your AD client machine using SSH, proceed as follows:
At the login prompt, enter:
ssh DOMAIN\\user@hostname
The \ domain and login delimiter is escaped with another \ sign.
Provide the user's password.