Looking for a mentor/adviser

[Paul Mooring]

Some might disagree with me here, but I don't think there is a really
good linux/UNIX alternative for SBS (mainly AD and Exchange),  I've used
samba + openldap for domain controllers for several clients and it does
a great job for central authentication / file shares and permissions,
but not having really group policy management can be a major issue, and
I've tried a few exchange alternatives, my favorites have been Insight
from a company called Bynari, and Scalix both have good outlook plugins,
which is a huge deal for some users, and I've heard good things about
Zimbra if your not interested in using outlook, but both these can cost
$ and maintain seperate accounts from the AD or openldap user database.

If you're looking for some tips or help setting something like I
described up and can live with their limitations I'd be happy to tell
you more and share some config files.

On 01/29/10 11:25, sean at theparsonsfamily.com wrote:
> I know I am absolutely not interested in muddying the waters by trying
> this with virtualized systems, maybe after I can actually get them to
> work..... I posted previously that I have dedicated hardware to use.
>
> You are also describing a combined network and I have already abandoned
> that idea, so putting another windows server together is not going to be
> what I'm looking for. As far as I can tell Linux doesn't have an AD
> equivalent except Samba 4 which isn't out yet.... Samba 3.x destroyed 2
> domain controllers trying to join it..... Not going to try that again
> anytime soon....
>
>
> Sean Parsons
>   
>> I know that personally if you have just a desktop i would start with 3
>> virtual machines.
>>
>> AD server (windows) Linux server for new AD and then A client workstation
>>
>> Virtualbox comes to mind as a nice portable interface for this. and it
>> is cross platform.
>>
>> issue with that is you will need about 4gb of ram to function on this
>> or there about.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:58 AM,  <sean at theparsonsfamily.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Ok, How would I build this sandbox as a list discussion?
>>>
>>> Sean Parsons
>>>
>>>       
>>>> I personally agree that this would be great on list discussion.
>>>>
>>>> even if it is using Linux to support a MS platform, it still would be
>>>> educational for me at least.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:16 AM,  <sean at theparsonsfamily.com> wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Craig,
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> ----
>>>>>> Wouldn't it be more useful and instructive to keep your questions on
>>>>>> list? You would benefit from a greater availability of opinions too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, it seems a bit unfair to want private advising and deprive the
>>>>>> list of the knowledge that is gathered by solving problems which I
>>>>>> would
>>>>>> gather would be rather typical for many offices/businesses.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is no need to make changes to an AD environment to add Linux
>>>>>> servers and/or workstations.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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