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

[Buchan Milne]

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Nathan Vidican wrote:

> 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)

Kiosk would be better for this.

> 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.

Well, assuming KDE ... you may also be able to have KDE settings in LDAP:

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101716


Regards,
Buchan