[THIN] Re: samba as DC in a TS setup.
- From: Dogers <dogers@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:31:52 +0100
That sounds rather neat :)
Was there a lot of manual work to be done, or did the automatic samba
stuff Just Work?
Andrew
On 23/08/05, richard van beers <richard.van.beers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> no question just a little story:
>
> I succcesfully setup a Debian Sarge SAMBA DC/File/Print server, for
> use with a 2003 Terminal Server, 20 Thin Clients (Axels, lean but
> mean) and about 20 PC's.
>
> We first setup the DC on Debian to save cost, customer already had
> exp. with Debian so it was a logical extention. After that we extended
> with a TS and thin clients.
>
> I have working: domain joining without server intervention (usual way,
> administrator password needed, but no arcane SAMBA commands) profiles,
> login scripts, autocreated home shares, group shares, protected file
> areas. (I use standard unix perms, but ACL is supported) Local
> policies, but obviously no GP (yet, SAMBA may catch up there too)
>
> All accounts are served by SAMBA, all security is handled by Samba,
> the SAMBA users can be added to the local groups on the Terminal
> Server. I havent been able to "see" SAMBA groups on the local TS
> groups, but it may still be possible. There is lots you can do with
> "Everyone" or "Auth users". Webmin is a great tool, in the SAMBA combo
> you create unix users, and the SAMBA users are basically created too,
> synching is automatic through webmin both ways.
>
> Same caveats: I think you should not try multiple high load TS's to
> connect to SAMBA, it may scale badly.
>
> But this little setup works like a charm.
>
> Gr Richard
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