Do I need LDAP or just Samba??

[Jim Christiansen]

Hi there.  The Win program is called Pro/Engineer and I've been told by the
company that it can't be run from a Win Terminal Server.  :-(

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Les R <openadmin at gmail.com> wrote:

> HI Jim,
>
> Why not just setup Windows Terminal Server and use R Desktop, etc. for it?
> That way you don't have a bunch of Windows client mess to manage.
>
> We run many apps here that way (Quickbooks, etc. etc. )
>
> Les Richardson
> Open Admin for Schools
>
>
>
> 2010/1/20 Jim Christiansen <jim.c.christiansen at gmail.com>:
> > I've been running 100 LTSP clients from 3 independent servers for years
> now
> > and finally have an immediate need to have WinXP boxes access linux
> student
> > homes and authenticate using the same linux logons if possible.
> > The requirement is only for one server and 30 dualbooting clients/winxp
> > stand-alones in one classroom.  I have a windose app that requires a real
> > windows xp install to function.  My preference would be to have students
> in
> > a winxp boot-up to be authenticated by the linux server.  Also, I would
> like
> > the students to be able to access their own homes, or the very least- a
> > folder accessible to all, on the linux server with write access.
> > The server is an Ubuntu 9.04 install with the ltsp thrown on top.  The
> > installs for LDAP have always looked so difficult...  Do I need LDAP or
> just
> > Samba??
> > If I only need Samba, is there a good how to somewhere?
> > Thanks,  Jim
> >
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