Comments on: Integration of Linux and MS Server 2003 on one network http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/integration-of-linux-and-ms-server-2003-on-one-network/ Fri, 24 May 2013 19:50:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: amigus http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/integration-of-linux-and-ms-server-2003-on-one-network/#comment-45644 amigus Fri, 15 Jul 2005 18:42:26 +0000 #comment-45644 You can configure your Windows Server 2003 box in a stand-alone fashion and then have it refer to the Linux machines for DNS, DHCP, etc. You can even have it join an NT4 style domain hosted by your samba servers. You could also run Active Directory with a different domain name than the ones your samba servers use and they can exist side-by-sid

What I often do to take full advantage of the possibilites for integration is setup Active Directory and make the Linux boxes members. Samba can do this and using winbindd you can also unify your user-bases. Futher you can use Linux to provide secondary DNS and DHCP.

The main rubs for Linux people with this setup is that the Windows box does have to be the primary DNS, LDAP and Kerberos server. The hardest part is the work required in making your Linux DNS, DHCP, LDAP implementations work with Active Directory as well as getting Kerberos authentication going. Given all the above it is possible to have a very tight integration between Linux, UNIX and Windows Server if you’re willing to put in the work and you think the advantages are worthwhile.

As for your direct questions, no SQL2000 does not require Active Directory and no Active Directory won’t “take over” anything unless you tell it to.

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