Linux File Server in an Microsoft Domain

[Bryan.ONeal at asu.edu]

:) Again, I was hired as an Accountant, not for IT work.  I replaced the last
consulting company these guys had because I actually new more (I once was IT and
have the expired cert’s to prove it) and I was always on site...  Again, because
I am on of their accountants.  However you cross platform support puts you high
on my recommendation list if and when I do go looking for better opportunities.  
However, if they keep treating my like they do, I may not be looking any time
soon.  This is a very nice company and they are very friendly people.  That and
we are growing well, so compensation is good.


Quoting George Toft <george at georgetoft.com>:

> Hi Bryan,
> 
> If they are looking for a company to replace you, please let me know. 
> If you need to find a replacement before you move on, please let me 
> know.  This is exactly what our company does - small business IT support
> 
> on a fractional resource basis (not full time, but we can provide that
> 
> as well).  We support Windows 2000/2003/XP, Linux (RH, Debian, SuSE) and
> 
> Solaris.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
> AGD,LLC
> www.agdllc.com
> 623-203-1760
> 
> When was the last time you backed up your business data?
> Excellent!  When did you verify that your backups actually worked?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Bryan.ONeal at asu.edu wrote:
> > Thank you, it is that kind of testimonial that is making me lean
> towards Red
> > Hat.  And since I am making them purchase a support package, it should
> be even
> > easier.  And before people push Cent OS (which I have used and
> enjoyed) let me say, 
> > 1) I am the only Linux knowledgeable person in the company, 
> > 2) I am currently their only IT staff, 
> > 3) I have my degree in, and was hired for, Accounting
  not IT/IS. 
> > 
> > This place is grate to work for but if I were to be hit by a bus one
> day, I
> > would like to know they could call some one to walk them trough any
> problems
> > they may have.
> > 
> > 
> > Quoting George Toft <george at georgetoft.com>:
> > 
> > 
> >>*** PERSONAL OPINION FOLLOWS ***
> >>
> >>I had a SuSE file server serving up a Windows workgroup.  One night,
> the
> >>
> >>SuSE updater thing (fou4s) updated samba from version 3 to version 4.
> 
> >>The new config file was not configured so it did not work.  Dead 
> >>fileserver :(
> >>
> >>It took less time for me to set up samba using the "old" config on a
> 
> >>RHEL3 box on the same network than I figured it would be to learn the
> 
> >>new config file, test, validate, etc.
> >>
> >>so......
> >>
> >>IMO, I would avoid SuSE.  After Novell bought it, the quality took a
> 
> >>quantum drop (maybe multiple quantum drops).  I found it hung
> frequently
> >>
> >>(SuSE Enterprise Server 9 and SuSE Workstation 9.1).  I am not 
> >>impressed.  For those of you that know me, know that I pushed SuSE
> for
> >>
> >>years.  Plenty of distro flame wars in the archives show that I 
> >>supported SuSE.  All things change.
> >>
> >>Red Hat, on the other hand, is a pleasure to deal with. 
> LSB-compliant,
> >>
> >>well documented, stable.  I am in charge of over 120 Red Hat
> Enterprise
> >>
> >>Linux servers for one of my clients, and I have only seen one 
> >>vendor-related problem.  RHEL 4 has at least two improvements that I
> 
> >>submitted, which demonstrates their commitment to improving the
> >>product.
> >>
> >>Biggest point to consider is that Red Hat won't change the versions
> of
> >>
> >>the packages you are using.  Any security issues that arise are 
> >>back-ported to the supported releases, but you won't see the problem
> I
> >>
> >>had with SuSE described above.
> >>
> >>George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
> >>AGD,LLC
> >>www.agdllc.com
> >>623-203-1760
> >>
> >>When was the last time you backed up your business data?
> >>Excellent!  When did you verify that your backups actually worked?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>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?
> >>>
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