I was just wondering how many people out there are using FreeBSD as a pdc. I see a few guides on the net mostly followed by a load of posts of problems people encounter. Is it like most things that once you have done it once you can soon set up a machine at the drop of hat as you encounter and remedy any problems. I have a few customers at the moment one of who requires a pdc with roaming profiles. I use bsd and samba all the time for normal file sharing and never have problems. I try and avoid windows servers due to costs and licensing but a pdc would be new for me. Any opinions welcome Thanks Terry
Hi On 6 February 2011 07:57, Terry Danter <terry at bluelight.org.uk> wrote:> I was just wondering how many people out there are using FreeBSD as a > pdc. I see a few guides on the net mostly followed by a load of posts > of problems people encounter. Is it like most things that once you > have done it once you can soon set up a machine at the drop of hat as > you encounter and remedy any problems. I have a few customers at the > moment one of who requires a pdc with roaming profiles. I use bsd and > samba all the time for normal file sharing and never have problems. I > try and avoid windows servers due to costs and licensing but a pdc > would be new for me. > Any opinions welcomeI used Samba as a PDC on FreeBSD for many years without problems.
> > --- Original message --- > > > I was just wondering how many people out there are using FreeBSD as a > pdc.Yep. Built lots of them. With ldap backends. I see a few guides on the net mostly followed by a load of posts> > of problems people encounter. Is it like most things that once you > have done it once you can soon set up a machine at the drop of hat as > you encounter and remedy any problems. I have a few customers at the > moment one of who requires a pdc with roaming profiles. I use bsd and > samba all the time for normal file sharing and never have problems. I > try and avoid windows servers due to costs and licensing but a pdc > would be new for me. > Any opinions welcome > > Thanks > Terry > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
On 02/05/2011 01:57 PM, Terry Danter wrote:> I was just wondering how many people out there are using FreeBSD as a > pdc. I see a few guides on the net mostly followed by a load of posts > of problems people encounter. Is it like most things that once you > have done it once you can soon set up a machine at the drop of hat as > you encounter and remedy any problems. I have a few customers at the > moment one of who requires a pdc with roaming profiles. I use bsd and > samba all the time for normal file sharing and never have problems. I > try and avoid windows servers due to costs and licensing but a pdc > would be new for me. > Any opinions welcome > > Thanks > TerryI haven't used FreeBSD, but I have set up several PDCs. They work ok with default settings, however if users have a large amount of data associated with their account (in Application Data, My Documents, and/or Desktop folders for example), logging off/on can become terribly inefficient. This is because Windoze saves all of this local data to the server when the user logs off, taking a good bit of time (I've seen 20 minutes or so), while putting a strain on both the network and server. The solution to this problem is to change the default location for various folders to be on the server, so that the data doesn't need to be copied to the server during the logoff process. This is accomplished by creating a custom NTConfig.POL file in the netlogon directory which changes the location of these folders to reside on the server instead of the local HDD. There a few wiki pages that explain this: http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_%26_Windows_Profiles http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Implementing_System_Policies_with_Samba See also: http://www.pcc-services.com/custom_poledit.html -- -Eric 'shubes'
> On 02/06/2011 06:30 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> On 7 February 2011 09:32, Eric Shubert<ejs at shubes.net> wrote: >>> >>> Terry was asking about roaming profiles specifically, not a stock pdc. >>> >> >> My bad ; I had missed that part. >> >> Having roaming profile these days is something you get to live without. >> >> We had a user who installed iTunes on his machine and copied GB of >> music. Logging-out would take 30+ minutes because it was transferring >> each time the content of his My Documents back to the server. >> >> JY > > That's exactly the problem. By changing the stock MS configuration (via policies) to put MyDocuments on the server, this problem is remedied. When all of the appropriate folders are thus configured, saving settings to the server (part of the logoff process) takes 5 seconds or so. It's an amazing difference. > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' >Thanks for the input every one. I think the best plan as all ways is to set up some test hard ware and take a look. I did not like the idea of roaming profiles plus I would have a mixture of clients win7 and xp. But I will give it a whirl out of interest. Thanks again Terry