[Samba] Is Samba useful in an all-Linux environment?

[John Drescher]

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Juan Miscaro <jmiscaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/8/30 Gary Greene <greeneg at altimatos.com>:
>> On Sunday 30 August 2009 04:24:05 am Juan Miscaro wrote:
>>> 2009/8/17 Marc Balmer <marc at msys.ch>:
>>> > Am 17.08.2009 um 21:40 schrieb Steve Litt:
>>> >> Hi all,
>>> >>
>>> >> This isn't meant to be a troll. It's a legitimate question asked because
>>> >> I haven't done much with Samba for 9 years.
>>> >>
>>> >> Is there anything Samba can contribute to an all-Linux environment with
>>> >> no Windows or Mac computers?
>>> >
>>> > no.
>>>
>>> Isn't it possible to set up a "Samba domain" whereby Linux clients can
>>> log in from their desktop manager (GDM, KDM)?  If so, how is that
>>> done?
>>>
>>> That is something Samba can bring to an all-Linux environment.
>>>
>>> --
>>> /jm
>>
>
>> Set up your normal Domain, and then add your Linux boxes using Winbind should work since it will just look like
>> an NT Domain.
>
> Thanks, that makes sense.  Do you know where the documentation is for
> doing this?  Everything I've found is  Windows-centric.  What I'm not
> understanding is how you configure a Linux client to connect to the
> Samba server.  Surely I don't need to install Samba on each client?
>

cifs is built into the kernel. Depending on your distro mount-cifs may
or may not be bundled with samba.

ldap is separate from samba

-- 
John M. Drescher