samba - Nov 2024 - Linux desktop setup with authentication against Samba AD DC

Mandi! Peter Milesson via samba
  In chel di` si favelave...
> This is post no. 2, with technical information of how I set up the Linux 
> PCs, and additional information about setting up the server shares. It 
All this can be placed on wiki, sometking like this page:

	https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Joining_a_Windows_Client_or_Server_to_a_Domain

but for linux?


Seems complete, to me, apart pam_group (and sudo and PolicyKit for
administrators) to manage local group for domain users.

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On 29.11.2024 13:29, Marco Gaiarin via samba wrote:
> Mandi! Peter Milesson via samba
>    In chel di` si favelave...
>
>> This is post no. 2, with technical information of how I set up the
Linux
>> PCs, and additional information about setting up the server shares. It
> All this can be placed on wiki, sometking like this page:
>
> 
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Joining_a_Windows_Client_or_Server_to_a_Domain
>
> but for linux?
>
>
> Seems complete, to me, apart pam_group (and sudo and PolicyKit for
> administrators) to manage local group for domain users.
>
Hi Marco,

Thanks for the suggestions. I have no experience with very extensive 
systems, but I guess some kind of toolbox for administration would be 
mandatory for larger roll outs. In that case, I assume each organization 
would implement it according to their requirements, not necessarily 
adopting what is suggested. I'm going to replace 15 old terminals with 
this setup, and I'm sure I will manage that, without adding more complexity.

About a Wiki, I have no experience with Wiki pages, and would probably 
mess things up, so I'll leave it for now. Also too much work at the moment.

Best regards,

Peter

On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:29:21 +0100
Marco Gaiarin via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> Mandi! Peter Milesson via samba
>   In chel di` si favelave...
> 
> > This is post no. 2, with technical information of how I set up the
> > Linux PCs, and additional information about setting up the server
> > shares. It 
> 
> All this can be placed on wiki, sometking like this page:
> 
> 
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Joining_a_Windows_Client_or_Server_to_a_Domain
> 
> but for linux?
> 
> 
> Seems complete, to me, apart pam_group (and sudo and PolicyKit for
> administrators) to manage local group for domain users.
> 
The problem with that idea is that Linux, unlike Windows, uses multiple
distros and desktop environments. There would have to be a wiki page
for every distro, so it is probably better if every distro creates
their own instructions.

Rowland