Comments on: Domain Administration in Linux http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/domain-administration-in-linux/ Fri, 25 May 2012 17:11:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: double http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/domain-administration-in-linux/#comment-38906 double Fri, 05 Jan 2007 06:03:20 +0000 #comment-38906 Samba is the glue between Linux & Windows world. A Samba server can work as just a workgroup server, a domain server with authentication or domain server without authentication (in case you already have a Windows/LDAP server for user authentication). It also has support for roaming profiles. I have been using Samba as a domain manager for a couple of years and in a number of organisations. Its fast, secure and very stable but is limited only to WinNT type of domain. Samba 4 is expected to correct that, but don't hold your horses till its released - if you need a stable environment goin for Samba today. Samba is the glue between Linux & Windows world. A Samba server can work as just a workgroup server, a domain server with authentication or domain server without authentication (in case you already have a Windows/LDAP server for user authentication). It also has support for roaming profiles.

I have been using Samba as a domain manager for a couple of years and in a number of organisations. Its fast, secure and very stable but is limited only to WinNT type of domain. Samba 4 is expected to correct that, but don’t hold your horses till its released - if you need a stable environment goin for Samba today.

]]> By: Swiftd http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/domain-administration-in-linux/#comment-38907 Swiftd Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:41:32 +0000 #comment-38907 If you have an existing Active Directory server, you can use rdesktop to connect to the DC. However, I don't know of any way to "manage the AD Domain" itself besides connecting to the DC using the remote desktop application. SD If you have an existing Active Directory server, you can use rdesktop to connect to the DC. However, I don’t know of any way to “manage the AD Domain” itself besides connecting to the DC using the remote desktop application.

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