[SOLVED] Add windows client to CentOS sever

sankarg304 · 08-23-2012, 01:51 AM

In our office i am going to install a centOS server, And in our office fully windows and linux based client machines available.
1) Is this possible, windows client machines will added to the linux domain.
If no, means any other alternate method.
2) And i want to block the USB port of all windows client machines and also want to block installing new softwares,

acid_kewpie · 08-23-2012, 02:10 AM

1) a "domain" is a windows concept as you're using it. You can use SaMBa (potentially wrapped up in a project like FreeIPA) to create one too, but there is no need to necessarily do so and it can be a lot of frustrating work at times

2) not possible with any Linux solution I'm aware of, group policy is not necessarily anything to do with a domain at all.

sankarg304 · 08-23-2012, 04:58 AM

Thanks for your reply,
I have another doubt, In windows plateform, we add the windows client machine to windows domain, likewise how to add linux client machine to the linux server environment.

acid_kewpie · 08-23-2012, 05:36 AM

I'd ask you why you want to do this, and what it will do for you really... Generally this is a pretty rare thing to do. Linux servers don't generally going AD domains or serve them. It's certainly possible, but you need to know *why* you want to do this in the first place. That said there are MANY MANY standard docs out there you can use to help you, no need to make someone else recite one to you.

jefro · 08-23-2012, 11:14 AM

I get the feeling the word domain is not being translated correctly.
If so the entire question needs to be explained a bit more.

deep27ak · 08-24-2012, 03:41 AM

I would agree with jefro

and for the OP if you want to join a windows client machine to a Linux machine configured as domain server than YES you can connect windows client to Linux.
Like we use Samba3 and Samba4 as PDC on Linux machines.

But again to help you further I would like you to elaborate your question a bit more with what you are planning to do.

sankarg304 · 08-26-2012, 08:45 AM

In our company now windows server is using and client machines is windows 7, But they told me we want to change windows server to linux server(centos). And we want control(enable/disable) the usb port of the window 7 client machines and also they are not able to install any third party software. Here the main think is we dont touch the windows admin user power, Want to control from only the server machine, My friend told me may be sing samba or ldap we can do this, But how?

acid_kewpie · 08-26-2012, 02:23 PM

well I've already commented on that. plenty of guides on line for what IS possible, but you won't be getting any GPO functionality without real AD.

sankarg304 · 08-26-2012, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

well I've already commented on that. plenty of guides on line for what IS possible, but you won't be getting any GPO functionality without real AD.

Hello Acid, Last one week I was tried in google, But I am not got a correct solution, so only I was posted a question,Actually my manager told me using AD and GPO we can do it and here you are the IT person So you only Find it,
So today i can try, If not means i will leave a job, If u got idea just reply.

deep27ak · 08-26-2012, 11:21 PM

sankarg304
Follow this blog on how to configure samba4
Samba4 configuration
Samba4 How To

Using this you can configure a Linux machine as Primary Domain Controller and you can manage all the windows client using Group Policy

sankarg304 · 08-30-2012, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deep27ak

sankarg304
Follow this blog on how to configure samba4
Samba4 configuration
Samba4 How To

Using this you can configure a Linux machine as Primary Domain Controller and you can manage all the windows client using Group Policy

Thanks Frnd.

centos123 · 08-31-2012, 05:52 AM

sankar...
may i know where your are working ?

15102k8 · 09-10-2012, 02:03 AM

u can block usb drives thru regedit in windows itself