TekBudda wrote: > I am not sure if I have asked this or not so please forgive any > duplication. > > I am about to embark on adding my Linux box to my AD domain at home so > that it will authenticate to it and essentially be used like a Windows > client would. I am to understand that Open Likewise is probably one of > the easiest & better ways to do this & luckily enough there is an > article on it in issue 121 of Linux Format.
Never heard of this project, I will have to check it out. > > I currently use Roaming Profiles & storage on the server for the Windows > clients so that everything is centralized & can be backed up more > effectively. The map to the profiles folder & the startup script are > both located in the AD user (i.e. Me). > I have never been a fan of roaming profiles, they seem to cause more problems than they solve. I have been in the habit of storing everything on a network share, so I can get access via sftp/sshfs if I am remote (like right now) or samba (cifs) if I am local. > What I would like to do is emulate the same thing & have the Linux box > store its profile on the server/storage as well so that regardless of > what box is connected, it would pull the same profile. From what I have > read I would need to create a "Profile-Linux" folder to store that > information in. As per the profile/startup information in AD listed > above, will this create an y havoc for the Linux box? You can do one better, the home directory can actually be stored on a network share. > > I realize there may be an issue with permissions, but it would stand to > reason that if I am authenticating to AD then the permissions should be > set by the folder the information is saved to...but I could be wrong. > It depends entirely on your network share and UID mapping. > I am also hoping there would be a way to sync some common information > (i.e. Bookmarks, Settings, IMAP/e-mail folders, etc.) so that regardless > of the platform I would be able to access the same information on > anything, without having to recreate the wheel. I know this may be a > pipe dream but, hopefully can happen. > Most of these things are stored in plain text files, it should be doable. The big catch is that Firefox and Thunderbird use randomly generated profile names. I have never bothered to try this but I would be interested in your experiences. As an alternative, I use the Zindus plugin to keep all my Thunderbird address books synchronized with my google contacts. All of my email is IMAP based so there is no problem here. > I am also wanting to set-up a shared Home Drive accessible btwn a > windows, Linux & Mac box. It would contain documents, etc. similar to > any "My Documents" type folder. Any hints on this? You can tell Windows where to find the "My Documents" folder. This can be a different partition or a network share. I keep eveything on a samba share that is stored on a Linux file server (software RAID + LVM is simply awesome. > > Any help, suggestions or otherwise would be welcome. > The way I have done this in the past is to get comfy with PAM. All of this can be done by bending PAM to your will. I bought a book on PAM, seriously one of the best investments I have ever made (the Oreilly DNS book and an iptables pocket reference rounding the entries). Hth,
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