[Samba] Samba newbie question...

[Robert Adkins]

Dave,

	I believe that you should first ask what Windows 2000 Active Directory   
features you must have before seeing what Samba can do for you. You may   
find that you have little or no need for most of the features of AD.

	If all you are looking for is a server to provide you with file shares,   
domain authentication and printer sharing. Then Samba is perfect the way   
that it is. You can create and manage a number of user accounts and   
groups, control their access create quotas for users via the built-in   
Linux/UNIX tools on whatever OS you choose.

	If you say what features you are looking to emulate, I am certain that   
more then a few of us can give you the right answers or point you in the   
correct direction.

Regards,
Robert Adkins II
IT Manager/Buyer
Impel Industries, Inc.
Ph. 586-254-5800
Fx. 586-254-5804


 -----Original Message-----
From: daveman at bellatlantic.net [mailto:daveman at bellatlantic.net]
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 2:27 PM
To: samba at lists.samba.org; Robert Adkins
Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba newbie question...

   

On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 04:40:20PM -0500, daveman at bellatlantic.net wrote:
> Can Samba be used as a complete replacement for a Windows 2000 Active   
Directory server? I have some vague notion that this can be accomplished   
by using a combination of OpenLDAP, Samba, MIT Kerberos, and the OpenAFS   
file system. To say the least, the descriptions I have found have been   
vague as to whether or not I will be able to completely replace the   
functionality of an Active Directory server with a similar setup.
>
> If this is possible, could someone point me to reasonably good   
documentation on the subject?
>
> Thanks so much.
> --David

>From the number of replies I received on this,(none) it seems fair to   
assume that this is not entirely possible. Anyone able to tell me what   
the current limitations are? I would really like to set up a system using   
samba as much as possible for domain and file serving operations. I   
suppose I can supplement samba with a win2k server if I have to... ;-)

Thanks,
David

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