There is Ldap actually which is quite good, just need to determine how to set it up. On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > I agree with everything I have seen in this thread so far. If you are > a seasoned windows admin you can use Active Directory for central user > authentication and file level access with only about 10 -15 min worth > of work. Otherwise linux does not have (to the best of my knowledge) > easy central account management. Also if you feel frustrated by the > SMB permissions you can think of it like a windows share - you can > layer more security on top of it. With linux you just use ACL's but > enabling them requires editing your fstab and adding the ACL support > tag - and then remounting or simply rebooting. > > It is all really simple so if your interested I can go into detail. > > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 12:57 PM, James Dugger wrote: >> I'm new to PLUG and new to LINUX but I have jumped in head first.  By >> head first I mean I have removed XP off of 4 desktops and Vista off my >> HP Pavilion dv9000 laptop and installed Ubuntu 10.04 i386 on each.  I >> have built an new headless server with and AMD Athelon (tripple core) >> 64bit chip and 2GB of DDR2 DRAM to be used as a file server, and print >> server to 3 printers.  I have installed 3 - 1TB drives in a RAID 5 >> array (Configured as RAID on main board BIOS, no PCI controller) and >> software controlled using the OS which is Ubuntu 10.04 Server AMD >> 64bit. >> >> I am trying to configure the file server but with so many options and >> settings I admit that I am a bit lost.  My file server will need to be >> accessible to a couple of work computers that run Windows.  Also I >> have an Apple TV box that I am trying to convert to XBMC, the media >> for this will be stored on the file server.  With this I have >> installed Samba onto my server and desktops.  However I don't know if >> I should use samba (SMB) or CIFS for configuration.  With several >> different mount points and different security settings for each mount >> point, is SMB or CIFS better?  I want to minimize or more accurately >> centralize the administrative control of user access to the file >> server.  I know there are different ways to accomplish this and wanted >> to ask what others have found to work best given the small size and >> scale of this network. >> >> I am looking for recommendations in file server type (SMB, CIFS) and >> recommended configuration i.e. use of groups for users, passwords >> stored in database or text files and or matching user accounts in OS. >> >> Thanks in advance for your thoughts. >> >> -- >> James >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss