That's awesome. It'll be great if SAMBA would support GPO. Hopefully they get that working because, IMHO, that's the best reason for AD. Jeff 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 > > ******************************************************** > > This Weeks Sponsor: triCerat Inc. > > You need Day Zero Protection! > > Get Proactive with triCerat's Simplify Suite. > > Solve printing, security and profile problems before they occur. > > http://www.tricerat.com/?thethintl2 > > ********************************************************** > > Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: > > http://thin.net/links.cfm > > ThinWiki community - Excellent SBC Search Capabilities! > > http://www.thinwiki.com > > *********************************************************** > > For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or > > set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: > > http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm > > > ******************************************************** > This Weeks Sponsor: triCerat Inc. > You need Day Zero Protection! > Get Proactive with triCerat's Simplify Suite. > Solve printing, security and profile problems before they occur. > http://www.tricerat.com/?thethintl2 > ********************************************************** > Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: > http://thin.net/links.cfm > ThinWiki community - Excellent SBC Search Capabilities! > http://www.thinwiki.com > *********************************************************** > For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or > set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: > http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm > ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor: triCerat Inc. You need Day Zero Protection! Get Proactive with triCerat's Simplify Suite. Solve printing, security and profile problems before they occur. http://www.tricerat.com/?thethintl2 ********************************************************** Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thin.net/links.cfm ThinWiki community - Excellent SBC Search Capabilities! http://www.thinwiki.com *********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm