I am using Samba 3.0.20pre1 as a DC and I want to know if there is something similar to Deep Freeze www.faronics.com (except open source) for Linux. Deep Freeze automatically compares the software installation on a client machine to an image on a server. If the client machine differs, the client is automatically synced with the server. I want to achieve this with Samba and a linux tool if possible. Thanks, Matt
Could try rsync, but that will not solve issues related to the Windows registry... -- Nathan Vidican nvidican@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ -----Original Message----- From: samba-bounces+nvidican=wmptl.com@lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-bounces+nvidican=wmptl.com@lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Matt Schwartz Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 7:54 PM To: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: [Samba] System Imaging I am using Samba 3.0.20pre1 as a DC and I want to know if there is something similar to Deep Freeze www.faronics.com (except open source) for Linux. Deep Freeze automatically compares the software installation on a client machine to an image on a server. If the client machine differs, the client is automatically synced with the server. I want to achieve this with Samba and a linux tool if possible. Thanks, Matt -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Nathan Vidican wrote:> Could try rsync, but that will not solve issues related to > the Windows registry...Are you trying to image windows clients? Or linux clients? There was this thing called system imager that VA linux used to use. cheers, jerry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCvDPbIR7qMdg1EfYRAkFbAKDGSgFuXymSZdsxMLvYKlZX9kwtWACguaGy 8pLSJruBGdNjyhUSuvg2+4Q=6uHY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Tomasz, Thanks for the heads up on WPKG & Unattended. I've been using Samba for quite some time now and I have never heard of those projects. I'm definitely going to download and play w/these. Thanks again! --Gerry
Matt Schwartz wrote:> > If the client machine > differs, the client is automatically synced with the server. I want to > achieve this with Samba and a linux tool if possible. > > Thanks, > Matt >It's not even in alpha yet, but radwind might be the thing down the road (https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/radmind-devel). It's an offshoot from the radmind project (http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/radmind/), which I've been using for a few years to maintain OS X labs. It works just as you describe--client checks a local file listing all of the items it should have against what it actually has, then pulls files from a server as needed or erases extra files. Matt who should be working on his samba stuff -- Matt Richardson IT Consultant College Of Arts & Letters CSU San Bernardino (909)537-7596