I work for Phil, and actually did the Samba setup. We're doing authentication for Samba users via existing domains/clusters. Right now, since production is confined to a single Samba instance, both sets of users have local /etc/passwd entries for file/directory ownership. We're getting ready to move those to an LDAP directory (currently in test) and use that for the larger rollout we are planning. We're just waiting to resolve some administrative issues first.
The version of Samba (2.2.0a) distributed with SuSE has problems, but it seems to be the only version for which binary RPM's publicly exist. We're running 2.2.5 in production, and are testing 2.2.6. Both appear to be stable except for two issues: 1) A problem with opening Attachmate Extra profiles that seems to be related to oplocks. Attachmate is looking into this, and I've opened a bug report with the Samba team. 2) Roaming profile problems that seem to be associated with a particular build/level of Windows 2000. This has been discussed before, and there are entries in the Samba bug database that seem to relate. Hope this helps. > -----Original Message----- > From: James Melin [mailto:Jim.Melin@;co.hennepin.mn.us] > Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 10:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Is Samba on Linux/390 ready for prime-time? > > > Phil, how did you resolve windows and Linux user account > stuff so that the > windows desktop users can access their files seamlessly? Just > curious if > you have password access to the Linux shares or if windows is > supplying the > password to Linux as a token, or clear text or what? > > > > |---------+----------------------------> > | | Phil Tully | > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | et.ml.com> | > | | Sent by: Linux on| > | | 390 Port | > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | IST.EDU> | > | | | > | | | > | | 11/15/2002 08:51 | > | | AM | > | | Please respond to| > | | Linux on 390 Port| > | | | > |---------+----------------------------> > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > -----------------------------------------------------------------| > | > | > | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > | cc: > | > | Subject: Re: Is Samba on Linux/390 ready for > prime-time? > | > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > -----------------------------------------------------------------| > > > Mark, > As of this morning we have 192Gig of samba space allocated > with 67G free > space. This is used by approx 300 Windows desktop > for network disk space. > > We are in the process of engineering a solution for 12TB of > NFS/Windows > storage. > > regards > Phil Tully > > Mark Darvodelsky wrote: > > >We have an opportunity to put forward a Samba on Linux/390 > solution for > our > >corporate file/print needs. The current environment is > Novell Netware on 4 > >X Intel servers, approx 750 desktops, approx 3 million files > using about > >1TB disk. Our management is open to a Linux on mainframe > solution but I > >don't want to put up a technical solution if it is not robust and > scalable. > > > >We are running OS/390 on a 9672-R36 (G5), OSA-2 fast ethernet. > > > >Is Samba going to work well in a real-life production > environment? Any > >thoughts or comments would be much appreciated. > > > >Regards, Mark Darvodelsky, > >Royal SunAlliance Australia - Data Centre. > >Phone: +61-2-99789081 > >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > >
