New to Linux networking. Familiar with Windows and AD networking. Trying to set up a small business server, using opensuse. What do I need to install and setup (and in what order). Need server to control login and authentication, file and print sharing, etc. Will need DNS and DHCP. I believe that NFS, NIS and LDAP don’t all need to be there and may actually conflict. Please advise.
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What, specifically, are your needs? What will be connecting? What will
be shared and by how many people? Do you have an existing store of
users (a directory) and do you plan on replacing or adding to it?
Good luck.
trbelmore wrote:
> New to Linux networking. Familiar with Windows and AD networking.
> Trying to set up a small business server, using opensuse. What do I
> need to install and setup (and in what order). Need server to control
> login and authentication, file and print sharing, etc. Will need DNS
> and DHCP. I believe that NFS, NIS and LDAP don’t all need to be there
> and may actually conflict. Please advise.
>
>
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I need this server to act as a domain controller, handling login authentication, sharing directories based on user/group permissions, sharing a printer, etcetera. There are goint to be the server, six client machines, and about ten users signed in at various times. There is no current AD set up, so I will create the users and groups and set permissions on the server.
It’s hard to recommend when you haven’t really expressed your objective needs.
Probably most basic, what are you expecting from your centralized directory services? Today, there isn’t really something that’s as completely functional as AD which is why many like myself still prefer to use Windows AD, but if you’re not looking to actually manage Hosts granularly and push GPO, then there are alternatives… like NDS, NIS which will centralize logon and network resource management (ie Network Shares).
Then, after you answer those Network Security and Management issues you’ll have to decide whether you want to install Server/Gateway or Client/Host versions of numerous applications like anti-virus, anti-spam and whether you’re happy with Peer or Client/Server type information repositories.
So, what are you trying to do? Re-architect Microsoft Small Business Server(If so, maybe you should consider Novell’s Small Business server)? Or maybe you’re just looking to do something as minimal and least complicated as possible?
IMO.
On Wed December 17 2008 09:26 pm, trbelmore wrote:
>
> I need this server to act as a domain controller, handling login
> authentication, sharing directories based on user/group permissions,
> sharing a printer, etcetera. There are goint to be the server, six
> client machines, and about ten users signed in at various times. There
> is no current AD set up, so I will create the users and groups and set
> permissions on the server.
>
>
trbelmore;
Samba is the way to go, Samba3 the current stable version support being a PDC
for an NT4 style domain. Here is a good HowTo for setting up a PDC.
http://www.pcc-services.com/sles/samba.html
With only 10 users, I would suggest the tdb backend.
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green
On Wed December 17 2008 10:59 pm, PV wrote:
> On Wed December 17 2008 09:26 pm, trbelmore wrote:
>
>>
>> I need this server to act as a domain controller, handling login
>> authentication, sharing directories based on user/group permissions,
>> sharing a printer, etcetera. There are goint to be the server, six
>> client machines, and about ten users signed in at various times. There
>> is no current AD set up, so I will create the users and groups and set
>> permissions on the server.
>>
>>
> trbelmore;
>
> Samba is the way to go, Samba3 the current stable version support being a
> PDC
> for an NT4 style domain. Here is a good HowTo for setting up a PDC.
> http://www.pcc-services.com/sles/samba.html
> With only 10 users, I would suggest the tdb backend.
PS: The above advice assumes Windows clients, I believe for Linux clients you
would need LDAP.
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green