Do I need LDAP or just Samba??

[R. Scott Belford]

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:35 PM, David Hopkins <dahopkins429 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Jim,
>
> You didn't mention if the Windows systems are WinXP Pro, but if they are,
> you should be able to make the one server a Samba PDC and join the machines
> to the PDC's domain.  I use an LDAP backend but Samba will also work with
> just the /etc/passwd for authentication as well.  As for a text, I have The
> Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide by John H Terpstra and Jelmer R
> Vernooij.  It is also available online at
> http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/  (see chapter 4)
>

John is with the Clear Foundation, and their releases are putting a solid
web admin panel on top of LDAP/SAMBA/PDC/NFS.  He has put a lot of time into
this.  Clear OS is the successor to ClarkConnect.  This is a good direction
for most to take since you can DIY or hire from a network of support.  You
can help John for all he has done for us.  Also,

1. OpenSuse integrates the stack well and includes Kerberos for identity
management.
2. Sun has open sourced their directory stack.
3. I shared a good FreeBSD .iso that does all of this, too, a few months ago
on this list.
4. The CentOS based LDAP/SAMBA/NFS stack is rock solid for the DIY among
us.  I use this
5. Fedora's 389 Directory server, ported to CentOS, does not give you the
GUI for NFS and SAMBA.  It's just a great Directory server
6. Apple OSX server and Windows AD cost money for a reason, but our choice
of solutions are collectively better and more sustainable.
7. DRBL uses NFS and NIS for data sharing and user management.  Windows and
Apple can use NIS as a directory.


> Sincerely,
> Dave Hopkins
>

--scott
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