I'm setting up a small network and I would like to have centralized authentication. I have no need for active directory so samba makes sense. The desktops will be running Windows XP but there are a few other servers (a linux mail server, web server and file server) that I would like to be able to use the centralized authentication with. So my question is, is it better to configure samba as a PDC for the windows clients and then use NIS for the other linux servers, or just use samba for all authentication (i.e. the mail server and web server will be member servers in the samba domain)? --Dennis
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 13:25 -0600, Dennis B. Hopp wrote:> I'm setting up a small network and I would like to have centralized > authentication. I have no need for active directory so samba makes sense. > > The desktops will be running Windows XP but there are a few other > servers (a linux mail server, web server and file server) that I would > like to be able to use the centralized authentication with. > > So my question is, is it better to configure samba as a PDC for the > windows clients and then use NIS for the other linux servers, or just > use samba for all authentication (i.e. the mail server and web server > will be member servers in the samba domain)?---- LDAP is what would make sense - scales well, replicates, portable, combines UNIX/Samba users into one object. Craig
Craig White wrote:> LDAP is what would make sense - scales well, replicates, portable, > combines UNIX/Samba users into one object.I have an LDAP directory which backs a Samba PDC, and offers single signon for email, and LDAP backed Linux user accounts. Works very well. Regards, Graham --