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Configure Samba as a Primary Domain Controller
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There was a really good article on doing this in Linux Magazine several months ago.
I wish How-Tos were set up so nicely. IBM has always done a teriffic job at making guides though.
Kudos to them on this one.
I’ve done this before and it was really awesome. I had Windows machines logging in to a Linux PDC, authenticating properly across domains (via two way trusts) AND connecting to an Exchange server.
Then I was laid off and the company had to pay half my year’s salary to upgrade to Windows 2000.
next year, the company will pay 3/4 your years salery to some punk kid who cannot even type a simple Perl script.
then a year later, they are going to pay your whole salery to get the newest windows , etc.
I must say, that I agree with the comments that IBM is really providing a great article. I’d already done this myself at home, and I can’t say that I’d be able to write it up this nicely.
I think that this article is a great example of one that is written so that both the novice sysadmin, as well as the guru Linux Jedi, can read and use easily.
I hope we see many more articles like this out of IBM…
Ken
Just as slashdot lists registration requirements in the first paragraph of the blurb, so should osnews. You are required to “register” to view the article. This should be a standard disclosure in all osnews blurbs on any links to site so we don’t have to waste time going to site.
Most of the time, we do mention it. It just that this time, this whole blurb that’s used in our news post exactly as it was submitted by Mr Condon, who is a regular submitter.
E-smith does this with one click – truly a great piece of software.