Arie,
To answer your questions:
1. You can integrate a SAMBA server quite easily into a Win2K
environment provided:
a) You use the latest versions of SAMBA (2.1 and later)
b) Set the workgroup directive in the config file to 'workgroup = <your
Windows domain>
c) Set the security directive in the config file to 'security = domain'
d) As the root user, join the SAMBA server to the Windows domain using
'smbpasswd -j <domain>'
e) All windows users who use the samba server have to have a valid
Linux account or otherwise use /etc/samba/smbusers to map Windows users
to existing Linux accounts.
f) As stated before, use the SWAT utility to configure your SAMBA
server
2. You don't need a Windows DC for an authentication server in an office
environment. You can setup something like a Kerberos or LDAP server
which is available under Linux. However, a DC would be the easiest to
setup and administer. Furthermore, a Linux SAMBA server can emulate a
Windows PDC, therefore you can have your Windows and Linux workstations
both authenticating users off the central Linux SAMBA server.
3. See above. You can setup a Linux SAMBA server as your authentication
server for Windows and Linux clients. NIS is another centralised
authentication server solution, however it may not suit your
environment. Three reasons:
a) On its own NIS is insecure - information between client and server
is in clear text (unencrypted), including passwords.
b) NIS is really solely for a Unix/Linux network environment
c) On its own NIS is insecure ;-)
NIS (Network Information Service) simply put is a way of storing
UNIX/Linux /etc configuration files on a central server. Files like
/etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group and /etc/hosts. So Linux/Unix
workstations can use the NIS server for their configuration files.
Hope this answers your questions.
Regards,
On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 15:08, Arie wrote:
> Hi... I am new member too, Nice to meet you all :)
>
> For Dean:
> I want to ask you the same thing about samba with additional question:
> 1. How to integrate a samba server with WIN2K network environment?
> 2. Is a domain controller is really needed for any office network?
> 3. I think there is some solution in Linux for user autentication server
> like
> NIS. Can you explain me more detail about NIS server ? assumed we almost
> all use Microsoft windows on client side.
>
> Thank's
>
> @Rie
>
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> > For Dean:
> > Can you explain how to settings up a samba server?
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> > Bapak juga bisa bertanya dengan instruktur Red Hat, Dean Samuels dia juga
> > ikutan milis ini mungkin bisa disampaikan dengan bahasa Inggris. Buat
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> > > On Wed, 24 July 2002, "papa rauf" wrote:
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> > > >
> > > > Kalo mo nanya mengenai setting server samba ke siapa yach . . . ?
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