The Next Guide Will Be... August 3rd, 2005 The next guide on Sambadmin will about creating a great LDAP infrastructure. I have been disappointed that I have only received two comments about what the next guide should be, especially since the site has had over 500 visitors in the past two days. I came to this decision after reading my posts. I stated that the core motivation behind all of this is LDAP. Sure, Samba IS great, but we can have file/print sharing on a Windows server. What really takes the cake is to have tightly integrated services, and this is made possible by LDAP. So, if you have any comments you would like to make about what a completely integrated directory solution should include, do not hesitate to comment. Here is what I will list, for starters. http://www.sambadmin.com/sambadmin/?postid=8
On Wednesday 03 August 2005 09:28, Dortch, Dustin wrote:> The Next Guide Will Be... > August 3rd, 2005 > > The next guide on Sambadmin will about creating a great LDAP > infrastructure. I have been disappointed that I have only > received two comments about what the next guide should be, > especially since the site has had over 500 visitors in the > past two days.Dustin, Do not get disappointed, two comments out of 500 visits is fantastic! I've had a few contributions to the Samba3-ByExample book since it was released. Your response rate is about double mine so far. The more important factor is the quality of the responses!> I came to this decision after reading my posts. I stated that > the core motivation behind all of this is LDAP. Sure, Samba IS > great, but we can have file/print sharing on a Windows server. > What really takes the cake is to have tightly integrated > services, and this is made possible by LDAP.If you want to get attention, be perfectly clear in respect of your objectives.> So, if you have any comments you would like to make about what > a completely integrated directory solution should include, do > not hesitate to comment. Here is what I will list, for > starters. > > http://www.sambadmin.com/sambadmin/?postid=8Some focus point suggestions: 1. Improved LDAP management scripts 2. Improved LDAP schema designs 3. References and links to LDAP management tools - particularly cross-platform (i.e., tools that work from a Windows client as well as a UNIX/Linux client) Cheers, John T. -- John H Terpstra Samba-Team Member Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668 Author: The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556 Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216 Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971 Other books in production.
Hi Dustin, Dortch, Dustin wrote:> The Next Guide Will Be... > August 3rd, 2005 > > The next guide on Sambadmin will about creating a great LDAP > infrastructure. I have been disappointed that I have only > received two comments about what the next guide should be, > especially since the site has had over 500 visitors in the > past two days.I was one of these :). I am looking forward to see Your site growing.> I came to this decision after reading my posts. I stated that > the core motivation behind all of this is LDAP. Sure, Samba IS > great, but we can have file/print sharing on a Windows server. > What really takes the cake is to have tightly integrated > services, and this is made possible by LDAP. > > So, if you have any comments you would like to make about what > a completely integrated directory solution should include, do > not hesitate to comment. Here is what I will list, for > starters. > > http://www.sambadmin.com/sambadmin/?postid=8One of LDAPs main problems for N00bs is to understand the setup procedures. Maybe You could break the first steps down to a level that even I could understand :). I think everybody would like to have seperated the system users and the samba (domain) users with LDAP or MySQL as backend. As John wrote, don't be disappointed. Your are doing great. Martin