On Sep 17, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Wayne Merricks
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My understanding is probably completely wrong on this so I'm not
> surprised at the "won't somebody think of the children" response. I
> honestly don't know enough about the linux "domain" stack to have a
> better judgement but s
> On 17/09/12 16:34, Wayne Merricks wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > but seeing as he mentioned there were 2 Windows boxes,
> > it seemed like the obvious/only way to go (samba).
Missed that the first time around.
You are quite correct.
If the environment includes anything Microsoft, then Samba becomes
On Monday 17 September 2012 01:56:37 pm Test Mailbox wrote:
> I'd be happy to look at any web sites that might have example
> initializing profile scripts Cowboy mentioned if he can provide links to
> the sites.
Off-hand, I can't.
Like many, what I know has been learned over many years, as
re
Thanks Wayne,
This is a help for me for the windows boxes for sure.
Like you I will have to continue to seek info on the linux equivalent as
it were. I use the same user ID for both windows and linux boxes so
setting up a linux equivalent and then getting samba and linux to play
nice together
On 17/09/12 16:34, Wayne Merricks wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My understanding is probably completely wrong on this so I'm not
> surprised at the "won't somebody think of the children" response. I
> honestly don't know enough about the linux "domain" stack to have a
> better judgement but seeing as he mention
Hi,
My understanding is probably completely wrong on this so I'm not
surprised at the "won't somebody think of the children" response. I
honestly don't know enough about the linux "domain" stack to have a
better judgement but seeing as he mentioned there were 2 Windows boxes,
it seemed like th
On Monday 17 September 2012 08:11:48 am Wayne Merricks wrote:
> Depends how in depth you want to go but seeing as you don't really want
> to be setting up new users manually, Samba as a domain controller is the
> way to go.
Oh, Lord no !!
Why do bad windows hacks, necessary to force windows t
On Monday 17 September 2012 05:59:50 am VE4PER/ Andy wrote:
> It is to get around having to configure desktops, email accounts and
> program preferences over and over each time a new install is done with
> the same user.
>
> In the case of RD, a new user could log on to a machine and customize
Hi,
Depends how in depth you want to go but seeing as you don't really want
to be setting up new users manually, Samba as a domain controller is the
way to go.
https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/samba-dc.html
It will handle Windows domains and can also serve linux. I must admit
Linux
I would like to set up a server with network shares that are effectively
/home/user1, /home/user2, /home/rduser etc so that I effectively have
roaming linux user profiles.
Before I change system config files I thought I would run it by the list
here to see if there are any pitfalls to avoid:
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