[aklug] Re: windoze 7 sucks

Quoting Damien Hull <damien@linuxninjas.tv>:

> On Oct 19, 2010, at 11:22 AM, "jonr@destar.net" <jonr@destar.net> wrote:
>
>> Quoting Damien Hull <damien@linuxninjas.tv>:
>>
>>> True... I'm looking for an active directory replacement. I know
>>> OpenLDAP is out there. It just seems like a lot of work and the tools
>>> aren't easy to use. Not for me anyway.
>>>
>>> I could be missing something here.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> If your just looking to play with something try samba4. If you are
>> looking to roll your own you can at least use samba4 as a guide. It is
>> still in alpha but it is working.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>
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> I'll have to take a look at it. I've been waiting for samba 4. It was
> suppose to be released years ago.
>
> This gives one a Linux server for Windows workstations. Where is the
> solution with a Linux server with Linux workstations?
>
> Talk is easy. Action is the hard part. At the end of the day we need
> to be able to deploy something. I want a Linux domain environment like
> Windows.
>
> If this is out there someone should be able to show me what software
> they use. I want config examples.

I believe you can log your linux workstations into a samba4 dc and
control them the same as you can your windows boxes using group
policies. There are config examples on the samba4 site.

Jon

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Received on Tue Oct 19 11:37:45 2010