I'm running an LDAP/Samba/Linux replication of a resource domain off corporate's primary AD.
Serving ~500 hosts & a few dozen clients... --j On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Dustin Puryear <dpury...@puryear-it.com>wrote: > Very little to be honest. I love Samba, but it's very rare that I see it > working better than a Windows DC. Also, sure, you can do some LDAP > replication tricks to help with redundancy, but having two Windows DCs > is simple to setup (real, real simple) and works out-of-the-box. > > We used a Samba-LDAP DC here for a while, but have since dropped it for > Windows 2003 AD. Life is simpler. > > -----Original Message----- > From: general-boun...@brlug.net [mailto:general-boun...@brlug.net] On > Behalf Of Joe Fruchey > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:37 PM > To: general@brlug.net > Subject: [brlug-general] Samba as a domain controller > > I've been doing Windows desktop support for ten or twelve years. At > work, it's basically me and the server/networking guy. Well, he got a > better offer, so he's out the door after Wednesday, which means I'm > basically shoehorned into the server/network admin position. It's a > role I've wanted to take on for years now, and I'm really excited > about it. > > TMI, sorry. > > Anyhow, I'm finally in a position where I can make decisions, and I've > always wondered how feasible Samba would be as a domain controller in > a real-world environment. We have about 500 users and 300 computers. > What advantages would it offer over Windows Server 2008's Active > Directory? (Free being the primary example.) > > Thanks, guys. > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -- > This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. > Click here to report this message as spam. > http://esva.puryear-it.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id= > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- --- Jerald M. Sheets jr.
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