On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Juan Miscaro <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/8/30 Gary Greene <[email protected]>: >> On Sunday 30 August 2009 04:24:05 am Juan Miscaro wrote: >>> 2009/8/17 Marc Balmer <[email protected]>: >>> > Am 17.08.2009 um 21:40 schrieb Steve Litt: >>> >> Hi all, >>> >> >>> >> This isn't meant to be a troll. It's a legitimate question asked because >>> >> I haven't done much with Samba for 9 years. >>> >> >>> >> Is there anything Samba can contribute to an all-Linux environment with >>> >> no Windows or Mac computers? >>> > >>> > no. >>> >>> Isn't it possible to set up a "Samba domain" whereby Linux clients can >>> log in from their desktop manager (GDM, KDM)? If so, how is that >>> done? >>> >>> That is something Samba can bring to an all-Linux environment. >>> >>> -- >>> /jm >> > >> Set up your normal Domain, and then add your Linux boxes using Winbind >> should work since it will just look like >> an NT Domain. > > Thanks, that makes sense. Do you know where the documentation is for > doing this? Everything I've found is Windows-centric. What I'm not > understanding is how you configure a Linux client to connect to the > Samba server. Surely I don't need to install Samba on each client? >
cifs is built into the kernel. Depending on your distro mount-cifs may or may not be bundled with samba. ldap is separate from samba -- John M. Drescher -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
