[Samba] Samba as a domain controller for Linux workstations?

[Nathan Vidican]

If one were to standardize on a specific window manager/desktop environment, 
one could accomplish much of the same effect as 'windows domain control', 
including some control over the desktop environment/settings. Given the 
following example for kde:

Typical Linux Desktop:
/home mounted via NFS
 - user homedirs exist in NFS share

/home/kde - either simlink'd or configured at compile time to the equivelent 
		    of /usr/local/share/kde, (kde 'default'/'master' settings)

Users, groups, passwords, MTA aliases, etc.. stored in LDAP, accessed using 
pam_ldap & nss_ldap combined.

Poof! - You've got yourself a 'linux domain controller', assuming the end-user 
never has root access, you could with a little work really tweak what they 
can and cannot access using a given window manager/desktop environment by 
write-protecting config files, etc.


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Nathan Vidican
nvidican at wmptl.com
Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd.
http://www.wmptl.com/


On Monday 29 August 2005 13:46, awilliam at whitemice.org wrote:
> ncronization does not equal 1:1 the functionality of roaming
> profiles. Roaming profiles in conjunction with system policies let the
> admin extert a
> great deal of control over the user's experience - this isn't really
> possible