sernet.de/en/samba/ seems to have the most promising SaMBa binaries and make an ISO image to download. Described as " http://www.enterprisesamba.com/samba4app/
Setting up a new domain without existing ADS: http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO#Provisioning_Samba_.28Setting_up_a_new_domain.29 http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO/Join_a_domain_as_a_DC On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 12:50 PM, James A. Peltier <jpelt...@sfu.ca> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > | I am the IT Development Specialist for a small community college and > | our > | CIO has asked me to explore an alternative to Microsoft Active > | Directory as > | we are separating from our parent university and funding is tight so > | we > | were looking into CentOS with 389 Directory Server. > | > | Any advise or suggestions would be very helpful. > | > | Jacob Tennant > > No, we use Active Directory because it's the right tool for the job. I think > that you will find that you will have a difficult time finding another > product that will provide all the tools that AD provides when working with > Windows. If you are working with Windows and Windows only just use AD it's > the "right thing". If you're in a mixed bag of Windows, Mac and GNU/Linux, > just use AD, it's likely still the "right thing". > > If you only need basic authentication than Samba will likely suit your needs. > On what scale are you talking? 2 workstations, 50 workstations, 100s > workstations? > > -- > James A. Peltier > Manager, IT Services - Research Computing Group > Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus > Phone : 778-782-6573 > Fax : 778-782-3045 > E-Mail : jpelt...@sfu.ca > Website : http://www.sfu.ca/itservices > > “A successful person is one who can lay a solid foundation from the bricks > others have thrown at them.” -David Brinkley via Luke Shaw > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
