Re: [Samba] Samba Administration Tool recommendations
Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing Lists) escreveu: Hi All, I have a project which is to build a customized Linux distribution with a focus on deploying a Samba as Primary Domain Controller. It's pretty much like Trixbox but instead of Asterisk and VOIP, will be focused on Samba. Right now, I am looking for a solution for an administrator to easily manage the service. Of particular importance would be to easily add workstations and set up users for Roaming Profiles. Any recommendations on this? I have already looked at SWAT and Webmin (and I will be including them on the package list). However, I would like a tool that is focused on just Samba as a PDC. The base system I have is Ubuntu Server so it would be great if such a recommendation would be web-based although if a desktop application is what I need, then changing the base system is an option. Thanks in advance, Matt Great idea! As a user, I'd like to suggest you the following features/tools: - Ease to add/manage users and machines; - Ease to manage network workstations (software and hardware inventory/deployment, group policies, etc); - Ease to manage workstations configs (proxy config on browsers, mail settings, logon scripts, enable/disable/manage windows firewall, vnc service and passwords, etc); Regarding machine inventory, have you seen SpiceWorks? I ask because you may have two approaches: 1: a samba focused distro. 2: a network management focused distro. Using samba. The main difficulty on maintaining a samba server is the network/workstations management , which you have to handle with 3rd party tools and scripts (like wpkg), which are not well integrated (because you had to integrate/tweak it yourself). A distro made to address all those issues will be a killer product on the market. Better yet if built on top of Ubuntu server. Sorry if this is not the right place to this. :) Please provide some site or mail list to keep an eye on your progress. Best regards, -- Marcio Merlone -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Samba Administration Tool recommendations
Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing Lists) wrote: Hi All, I have a project which is to build a customized Linux distribution with a focus on deploying a Samba as Primary Domain Controller. It's pretty much like Trixbox but instead of Asterisk and VOIP, will be focused on Samba. Right now, I am looking for a solution for an administrator to easily manage the service. Of particular importance would be to easily add workstations and set up users for Roaming Profiles. Have you had a look at SME Server? www.contribs.org This distro is based on Centos (RHEL). It is a real turnkey distro and installs out of the box ready to configure via a web interface. You never need to even look at the commandline. Setup of Samba as a PDC is just a matter of plugging in the workgroup name and checking a box sayin you want SME to be a PDC. Greg -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Samba Administration Tool recommendations
Hi All, I have a project which is to build a customized Linux distribution with a focus on deploying a Samba as Primary Domain Controller. It's pretty much like Trixbox but instead of Asterisk and VOIP, will be focused on Samba. Right now, I am looking for a solution for an administrator to easily manage the service. Of particular importance would be to easily add workstations and set up users for Roaming Profiles. Any recommendations on this? I have already looked at SWAT and Webmin (and I will be including them on the package list). However, I would like a tool that is focused on just Samba as a PDC. The base system I have is Ubuntu Server so it would be great if such a recommendation would be web-based although if a desktop application is what I need, then changing the base system is an option. Thanks in advance, Matt -- Stand before it and there is no beginning. Follow it and there is no end. Stay with the ancient Tao, Move with the present. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
