samba - Aug 2005 - Samba as a domain controller for Linux workstations?

I was wondering, if it's possible to set up Samba as a sort of a domain 
controller for Linux workstations?

I'm thinking of benefits like roaming profiles, managing printers etc.


Or perhaps for Linux there are better choices than Samba, when it comes 
to the office / school use (many users, many classrooms, many 
workstations etc.)?


-- 
Tomek
http://wpkg.org

you dont need samba. in this case use a ldap for authentification and mount 
the homes of each users per nfs. we use the smbldap tools from idealix to 
manage users in ldap. i have it in our firm so and it works quit nice.

hope that helps ;-)

Am Montag, 29. August 2005 11:30 schrieb Tomasz
Chmielewski:
> I was wondering, if it's possible to set up Samba as a sort of a domain
> controller for Linux workstations?
>
> I'm thinking of benefits like roaming profiles, managing printers etc.
>
>
> Or perhaps for Linux there are better choices than Samba, when it comes
> to the office / school use (many users, many classrooms, many
> workstations etc.)?
>
>
> --
> Tomek
> http://wpkg.org
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migrator@qualigo.de wrote:
> you dont need samba. in this case use a ldap for authentification and mount
> the homes of each users per nfs. we use the smbldap tools from idealix to 
> manage users in ldap. i have it in our firm so and it works quit nice.
but then, no roaming profiles, right?

well, one less thing to worry about :)

in that case it would perhaps make more sense to use some old computers 
as terminals (+nice LCD display), than buy new ones as workstations?


-- 
Tomek
http://wpkg.org

no, you get "roaming profiles" with nfs. just add a line in /etc/fstab
for
each client. or you can do it with smb_mount module from pam with ldap 
access.

hm, about how many clients are we speaking?

if you decide a terminal solution you should be thinking of a good network and 
that the servers can push the complete traffic from the applications.

Am Montag, 29. August 2005 15:04 schrieben Sie:
> migrator@qualigo.de wrote:
> > you dont need samba. in this case use a ldap for authentification and
> > mount the homes of each users per nfs. we use the smbldap tools from
> > idealix to manage users in ldap. i have it in our firm so and it works
> > quit nice.
>
> but then, no roaming profiles, right?
>
> well, one less thing to worry about :)
>
> in that case it would perhaps make more sense to use some old computers
> as terminals (+nice LCD display), than buy new ones as workstations?
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you dont need samba. in this case use a ldap for authentification and mount 
the homes of each users per nfs. we use the smbldap tools from idealix to 
manage users in ldap. i have it in our firm so and it works quit nice.

hope that helps ;-)

Am Montag, 29. August 2005 11:30 schrieb Tomasz
Chmielewski:
> I was wondering, if it's possible to set up Samba as a sort of a domain
> controller for Linux workstations?
>
> I'm thinking of benefits like roaming profiles, managing printers etc.
>
>
> Or perhaps for Linux there are better choices than Samba, when it comes
> to the office / school use (many users, many classrooms, many
> workstations etc.)?
>
>
> --
> Tomek
> http://wpkg.org
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Tomasz Chmielewski schrieb:
| I was wondering, if it's possible to set up Samba as a sort of a domain
| controller for Linux workstations?
|
| I'm thinking of benefits like roaming profiles, managing printers etc.
|
|
| Or perhaps for Linux there are better choices than Samba, when it comes
| to the office / school use (many users, many classrooms, many
| workstations etc.)?
|
|
If you configure samba ldap and use it as a nis server too, so you have
all in one

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Mit freundlichen Gruessen
Best Regards
Robert Schetterer

robert_at_schetterer.org
Munich / Bavaria / Germany
https://www.schetterer.org

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I came across this product called Quro
http://www.resolvo.com/products/quro/index.htm

It seems to have a web-based centralised management console that
allows you to configure ldap and samba without having to edit smb.conf
file. It supposedly comes with a migration tool to migrate all NT/2000
server users profiles to a Linux server too.

Regards,
Alysson
>>Well, basically I only wanted to know how would it look if we wanted one
>>day to switch the whole company or half of it to Linux workstations.
>>
>>So I can see, there are lots of approaches, but there are some serious 
>>problems:
>>
>>- no standard, as Samba in a Windows world (i.e., widely used)
>>- laptop users will have a problem if they are out of the company
building
>>- have to engineer, build, test, everything from scratch; with Samba, 
>>90% of work is editing the smb.conf file
>>
>>What we talk about is a little not very specific to this Samba group, 
>>but certainly it is nice to hear how the things can be solved in the 
>>UNIX/Linux environment.
>>
>>-- 
>>Tomek
>>http://wpkg.org

Hi, 
Trying to download the tar.gz gives me a 404.
Do you know any other place to get it?

Thanks,
Bruno Guerreiro
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alysson Chen [mailto:bunny.suicide.boink@gmail.com]
>Sent: sexta-feira, 2 de Setembro de 2005 7:43
>To: samba@lists.samba.org
>Subject: [Samba] Samba as a domain controller for Linux workstations?
>
>
>I came across this product called Quro
>http://www.resolvo.com/products/quro/index.htm
>
>It seems to have a web-based centralised management console that
>allows you to configure ldap and samba without having to edit smb.conf
>file. It supposedly comes with a migration tool to migrate all NT/2000
>server users profiles to a Linux server too.
>
>Regards,
>Alysson
>
>>>Well, basically I only wanted to know how would it look if 
>we wanted one 
>>>day to switch the whole company or half of it to Linux workstations.
>>>
>>>So I can see, there are lots of approaches, but there are 
>some serious 
>>>problems:
>>>
>>>- no standard, as Samba in a Windows world (i.e., widely used)
>>>- laptop users will have a problem if they are out of the 
>company building
>>>- have to engineer, build, test, everything from scratch; 
>with Samba, 
>>>90% of work is editing the smb.conf file
>>>
>>>What we talk about is a little not very specific to this 
>Samba group, 
>>>but certainly it is nice to hear how the things can be solved in the
>>>UNIX/Linux environment.
>>>
>>>-- 
>>>Tomek
>>>http://wpkg.org
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I managed to download from Resolvo website and installed on a Suse
Server. Was able to create new Samba shares and users via the
management console.

Anyone tried the Migration Tool? I don't have a NT 4 Server running,
but it'll be cool if the tool worked.

Regards,
Alysson
> On 02/09/05, Bruno Guerreiro <bruno.guerreiro@ine.pt> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Trying to download the tar.gz gives me a 404.
> > Do you know any other place to get it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bruno Guerreiro
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Alysson Chen [mailto:bunny.suicide.boink@gmail.com]
> > >Sent: sexta-feira, 2 de Setembro de 2005 7:43
> > >To: samba@lists.samba.org
> > >Subject: [Samba] Samba as a domain controller for Linux
workstations?
> > >
> > >
> > >I came across this product called Quro
> > >http://www.resolvo.com/products/quro/index.htm
> > >
> > >It seems to have a web-based centralised management console that
> > >allows you to configure ldap and samba without having to edit
smb.conf
> > >file. It supposedly comes with a migration tool to migrate all
NT/2000
> > >server users profiles to a Linux server too.
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >Alysson
> > >
> > >>>Well, basically I only wanted to know how would it look if
> > >we wanted one
> > >>>day to switch the whole company or half of it to Linux
workstations.
> > >>>
> > >>>So I can see, there are lots of approaches, but there are
> > >some serious
> > >>>problems:
> > >>>
> > >>>- no standard, as Samba in a Windows world (i.e., widely
used)
> > >>>- laptop users will have a problem if they are out of the
> > >company building
> > >>>- have to engineer, build, test, everything from scratch;
> > >with Samba,
> > >>>90% of work is editing the smb.conf file
> > >>>
> > >>>What we talk about is a little not very specific to this
> > >Samba group,
> > >>>but certainly it is nice to hear how the things can be
solved in the
> > >>>UNIX/Linux environment.
> > >>>
> > >>>--
> > >>>Tomek
> > >>>http://wpkg.org
> > >--
> > >To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the
> > >instructions:  https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
> > >
> >
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