[THIN] Re: samba as DC in a TS setup.
- From: richard van beers <richard.van.beers@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:34:33 +0200
Most of it worked right away.
The hardest part was actually the joining of the domein. A custom
script was needed to tell SAMBA how that was done using the Debian
Authantication mechanisms.
A sample script was present, it needed some googling to find out the
correct syntax for smb.conf and the Debian locations etc.
All the rest was basically foreseen by Webmin/SAMBA. A great combo.
A bit of puzzling with local policies on the TS to get connected, thats it.
They have a big high volume Canon fax/print monster, to my pleasant
suprise supported under Linux via CUPS.
DNS/DHCP/WINS all served by Debian.
An interesting excercise.. throw a reasonable email/calendering combo
on top, and most SME's I know could use it.
I guess you could even do it with SBS, little cheaper that full swing
server2003.
On 8/23/05, Dogers <dogers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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