[Samba] Samba4 + FreeIPA

[Robert Marcano]

On Thu, Nov 4, 2021, 3:39 PM David Mulder via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>
wrote:

>
>
> On 11/3/21 7:09 AM, Robert Marcano via samba wrote:
> >
> > On the other hand, if your fleet of machines is mainly Linux, like some
> > of my installations where Windows is restricted to some management or
> > special users that require it, while the other majority is full of OLTP
> > application users running Linux. I would go with the dual installation,
> > there are features that FreeIPA gives on these environments like an
> > integrated Certificate authority and automated certificate distribution
> > and renewal, that will requiredmanual integration on a Samba AD
> > installation.
> >
>
> Samba integrates with the MS certificate authority via Certificate Auto
> Enrollment:
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Group_Policy#Certificate_Auto_Enrollment
>
> And it is all automated via Group Policy. There is no manual integration
> required.
>

I should have added "open source soultions", for adding more closed source
solutions I would not have added Samba. But that is just me.



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