Success Report

[Damien Dye]

What you are wanting to do it highly possible.

please talk to me off list and we can go though your options and
requirements.

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Damien Dye BSC(hon)



On 20 April 2010 00:52, Rick Widmer <rwidmer at haileypubliclibrary.org> wrote:

> I have just installed a copy of SAMBA 4 from git, and so far all is well.
>  An attempt last Thursday failed with compile errors, but after a git pull
> today it worked.
>
> By 'worked' I mean that I have made it through the entire installation
> HOWTO, including connecting to the domain on SAMBA 4 and connecting with the
> Windows Remote Administration tools, and the Group Policy Management
> Console.
>
> Now the real work begins.  I am the IT manager at a small library that is
> currently using Windows SteadyState on Windows XP machines.  We hope to
> upgrade our public machines to Windows 7 at the end of this budget year.  At
> this time SteadyState is not available or expected on 7, so we must
> re-evaluate our security procedures.
>
> My hope is to replace the SteadyState account restrictions with Group
> Policy, preferably served via SAMBA 4.
>
> I haven't chosen a replacement for Disk Protection yet, but I have used
> Faronics Deep Freeze in the past, so they have an advantage.  I wasn't very
> happy with their WinSelect tool for account restrictions though.
>
> Finally there is a need on some web browsers to limit access to a single
> web site.  These are all things that currently depend on Windows
> SteadyState.
>
> Back to the topic of this list...
>
> I have until the end of August to decide what to do, but as of now I am
> hopeful that Group Policy served from SAMBA 4 will be part of the solution.
>  There will be much testing between now and then.
>
> Thanks for all your hard work!
>
> Rick Widmer
> IT Manager,
> Hailey Public Library
> Hailey, Idaho  83333
>
> (208) 788-2036
>
> p.s.  I am subscribed to this list as yahoo at rickwidmer.com, my official
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>