[Samba] Linux desktop setup with authentication against Samba AD DC

[Rowland Penny]

On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:29:21 +0100
Marco Gaiarin via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Mandi! Peter Milesson via samba
>   In chel di` si favelave...
> 
> > This is post no. 2, with technical information of how I set up the
> > Linux PCs, and additional information about setting up the server
> > shares. It 
> 
> All this can be placed on wiki, sometking like this page:
> 
> 	https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Joining_a_Windows_Client_or_Server_to_a_Domain
> 
> but for linux?
> 
> 
> Seems complete, to me, apart pam_group (and sudo and PolicyKit for
> administrators) to manage local group for domain users.
> 

The problem with that idea is that Linux, unlike Windows, uses multiple
distros and desktop environments. There would have to be a wiki page
for every distro, so it is probably better if every distro creates
their own instructions.

Rowland