Linux File Server in an Microsoft Domain

[Bryan.ONeal at asu.edu]

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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