Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing Lists) escreveu:
Hi All,
I have a project which is to build a customized Linux distribution
with a focus on deploying a Samba as Primary Domain Controller. It's
pretty much like Trixbox but instead of Asterisk and VOIP, will be
focused on Samba.
Right now, I am looking for a solution for an administrator to easily
manage the service. Of particular importance would be to easily add
workstations and set up users for Roaming Profiles.
Any recommendations on this?
I have already looked at SWAT and Webmin (and I will be including them
on the package list). However, I would like a tool that is focused on
just Samba as a PDC.
The base system I have is Ubuntu Server so it would be great if such a
recommendation would be web-based although if a desktop application is
what I need, then changing the base system is an option.
Thanks in advance,
Matt
Great idea! As a user, I'd like to suggest you the following features/tools:
- Ease to add/manage users and machines;
- Ease to manage network workstations (software and hardware
inventory/deployment, group policies, etc);
- Ease to manage workstations configs (proxy config on browsers, mail
settings, logon scripts, enable/disable/manage windows firewall, vnc
service and passwords, etc);
Regarding machine inventory, have you seen SpiceWorks? I ask because you
may have two approaches:
1: a samba focused distro.
2: a network management focused distro. Using samba.
The main difficulty on maintaining a samba server is the
network/workstations management , which you have to handle with 3rd
party tools and scripts (like wpkg), which are not well integrated
(because you had to integrate/tweak it yourself). A distro made to
address all those issues will be a killer product on the market. Better
yet if built on top of Ubuntu server.
Sorry if this is not the right place to this. :) Please provide some
site or mail list to keep an eye on your progress.
Best regards,
--
Marcio Merlone
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