Linux File Server in an Microsoft Domain

[Craig White]

On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 14:24 -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote:
> Bryan.ONeal at asu.edu wrote:
> 
> >Ok, I am about to add a file server into our Microsoft domain (I hope)  I have
> >looked at all the read me's and it seems that samba 4 should handle the
> >Microsoft permissions no problem.  I am looking at either SuSE 9 Enterprise or
> >Red Hat Enterprise.  Any thought, recommendations, experiences, or warnings? 
> >It's for my work so I am quite nervous.  I real would hat to have them drop $3K
> >just to tell them “Opps! You have to drop another $8K to make it work because
> >were going Microsoft.”
> >
> >1) Has anyone ever done this before?
> >2) What can you tell me about doing it?
> >3) If I were to choose SuSE vs. Red Hat as an file server that is integrated
> >into a MS Active Directory, which would you recommend and why?
> >  
> >
> I haven't done this (yet). I did see a very simple step-by-step at 
> http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/sambaserver.shtml
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1 - samba 4 isn't available yet - the above link mentions nothing about
kerberos so it has to be worthless when considering joining an AD
network.

2 - official samba docs <http://www.samba.org/samba/docs> see 'By
Example' gives you a walk through and 'How-To' has all of the technical
data necessary to join an AD network.

3 - I haven't done this with AD since I am not a proponent of AD and
proprietary methodologies that don't extend well or easily.

4 - I wouldn't expect it to make much of a difference whether it was
SuSE or Red Hat or even a Red Hat clone like CentOS

Lastly, I guess I don't understand the logic of ***why*** you want to
put a samba server into an entirely Microsoft network as you haven't
explained it.

Craig