[Fwd: Re: "Sharing" files in Linux]

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> From: Tim Jordan <Timothy_Jordan@labor.state.ak.us>
> To: barsalou <barjunk@attglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: "Sharing" files in Linux
> Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 12:55:30 -0800
>
> On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 08:31, barsalou wrote:
>
> > So if a guy was going to setup Linux in a "workgroup" way, like you
> > might setup Windows...what would be the standard way of doing this?
>
> Setup Samba server. On the clients make sure you have the "Workgroup"
> directive exactly the same on all your workstations. Your Samba
> server should be your WINS server and your clients should reflect this
> also.
>
>
> > I would suppose NFS, or SMB. Anyone have any experience with this?
>
> I go with Samba because it has good support on the mailing list and
> very easy to setup a small network.
>
> > There was also a question about, how might you setup an enterprise.
> > Many workstation, one server.
>
>
> How much time and effort are you willing to dedicate to design,
> implementation, and support?
>
> Samba + OpenLDAP. Sounds like what you want. I know it's what I want
> and I'm working toward it slowly. I've been working on the encryption
> from my ldap clients to the ldap server. Progress is slow due to time
> I can dedicate to this but I have been keeping notes and my web page
> keeps getting bigger. Trying to save others the pain of what I've
> gone through to learn all the components of OpenLDAP v3.
>
> This will show how to build OpenLDAP on Debian, populate the database
> (creating Ou's, users, etc), search the database, setup up self signed
> certs (OpenSSL/TLS).
> Next I'm working on getting the ldap clients to authenticate with
> thier own certs. Once the security issue is done then I'll move on to
> migrating a windows domain into OpenLDAP and making Samba the Domain
> Controller.
> http://dol-anc-wts2.state.ak.us/tim/ldapsetup.html
> -or-
>
> You could go with the painless setup of a small Microsoft Network and
> incorporate Samba as the domain grows.
>
> > How about starting a design conversation?
>
> Great! Lets hear from more network admins....
> Whats your network using for directory services?
>
> TJ
>
> > Mike
> >
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Received on Mon Apr 5 13:00:06 2004