linux file server
 

hello again

is samba best file server with 200 users with windows hosts?

@ dyto
 

As you said that you have got windows system in your network I would say Samba is the best choice that you can go with. For Linux, I prefer nfs with autofs configured.

thanks but what if i will need to manage some user's desktop settings for windows machines. can i use DC for that purpose only? and i also plan squid as the proxy server i'll finish setting up it soon. i don't need proxy to authenticate domain users it will be proxy-cache with delay pools just for access and traffic managment.

@Reply
 

You're welcome.

What user's desktop setting has to do with Samba? If your Windows systems are part of a domain then their settings can be managed via DC using group policy.

What do you mean by you don't need proxy to authenticate domains users? Are you trying to say that it should allow on the basis of their domain credential? I did not get this question correctly but from whatever I understand I think this is something what you are looking for: http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigEx...henticate/Ntlm

sorry i did not write it well. samba as file server this is okey. windows desktop settigs can be managed from group policy and it must be on dc. is there any alternative directory service on linux?

this users are making such things to computers i really need to restrict them so that thay dont have permission even to refresh their desktop :D

@ Reply
 

If you want to configure directory services on Linux you can go with openldap. If you have got Red Hat Linux then you can go with redhat-ds (but you need to have subscription for it). If you have got CentOS then you can go with CentOS-ds. As CentOS is opensource you can get centos-ds easily from their repository.

By default there will be no directory services configured on Linux, if you want one then you can install accordingly.

okey and what about group policy? is it implemented? just on level of user setting tu be set to restrict them with minimum settings and access to local system. or again is better to use DC for that purpose?

You can define GP (group policy) at domain level and apply it to all domains users from there itself.

from dc i know i can.

Am confused! Are you worrying about your Linux file server which will host Samba share? If that is the case then this is something you can manage from your Samba configuration file and using file system permission on Linux as to what level of access you want to grant to these users. You don't need directory services on Linux for that.

I hope this doesn't sound too negative and I assure you I mean no insult by it but if you are having to ask this kind of question then I am not sure that setting up a Linux server and getting group policy working is something you should be trying to do.
If this is for fun, or friends, then fair enough but if you're doing this for an organisation then I would question why you are planning to use a Linux server on an otherwise Windows only network to do things that a Windows server would do far better and more easily?

no its not a fun. i am tired of windows while it is eating all resources and also with it's unstability. i am migrating to linux centos i have configured squid soon will finish postfix server and for file server samba. i still have luch of group policy to restrict that users not to kill windows desktops and install somenstupid software. withoud dc i can not manage 200 computer centrally i have tu configure them one by one. its not for fun.

Now that you clarified that you want to migrate backend from Windows to Linux so basically you will be using your Linux server for all the backend stuff which Windows used to do at one point. As you said that you will be using CentOS then you can use centos-ds. Here is the link for the same: http://www.unixmen.com/setup-directo...-6-4-rhel-6-4/

I would recommend that you first setup a small test lab and test everything before you go ahead with migration.

of course i will first test but windows is something that u don't know when what will heppen. eating resources and very unstable. okey thank you rof your advices and your help ;)