Very little to be honest. I love Samba, but it's very rare that I see it working better than a Windows DC. Also, sure, you can do some LDAP replication tricks to help with redundancy, but having two Windows DCs is simple to setup (real, real simple) and works out-of-the-box.
We used a Samba-LDAP DC here for a while, but have since dropped it for Windows 2003 AD. Life is simpler. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Fruchey Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [brlug-general] Samba as a domain controller I've been doing Windows desktop support for ten or twelve years. At work, it's basically me and the server/networking guy. Well, he got a better offer, so he's out the door after Wednesday, which means I'm basically shoehorned into the server/network admin position. It's a role I've wanted to take on for years now, and I'm really excited about it. TMI, sorry. Anyhow, I'm finally in a position where I can make decisions, and I've always wondered how feasible Samba would be as a domain controller in a real-world environment. We have about 500 users and 300 computers. What advantages would it offer over Windows Server 2008's Active Directory? (Free being the primary example.) Thanks, guys. _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. Click here to report this message as spam. http://esva.puryear-it.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id= _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
