-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mauro Condarelli wrote: > Hi, > I have a small (<8 hosts) lan with mixed Linux (debian) and winXP hosts. > Up to now I managed the debian hosts manually (copying /etc/passwd, > /erc/groups, ..., manually), but that is a real pain. > I did recently suffer a severe breakdown so I reinstalled most of the > machines. > At this point I would like to setup some centralized way to manage the whole > network. > I would like to manage: > - users (<20) > - file servers (2) > - printers (3) > - firewall (ADSL, fixed IP, currently managed with shorewall/webmin) > - mail (currently on a separate host, but I plan to move it to the firewall) > > In the past I used NIS, but that is UNIX-only. > I know there's OpenLDAP, but I never used it. > Probably some other package is available. > > Question is: > Given the needs, what is the "best" solution? > Should I bother at all? (the main reason I want to install some management is > that I began having a lot of permission problems when I moved hard disks from > one host to another; I know how to fix them, but I would like to avoid > re-doing all that next time...). > Can someone point me in the right direction? I would like to avoid false > starts. > > > Thanks in Advance > Mauro > >
A year ago, I was in the same boat as you..... I now have all my Linux machines authenticating to OpenLDAP database, and all my Windows machines authenticating to a Samba domain, which is using the same LDAP db as it's backend. It took a lot of work and a lot of how-to reading, but I finally made it ;) I started small, just getting the LDAP database working. I then went on to figure out how to use PAM, nsswitch, et al, to auth my linux workstations to ldap. Finally I got my Samba server working as a Windows domain, and using LDAP. It was a long road, but worth it, and I now have much more knowledge of the subject. Contact me if you want my pertinent config files. Good Luck :) - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always leave room to add an explanation if it doesn't work out. Saturday Jan 14, 2006 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEVAwUBQ8knea3rZxntQpytAQKz9ggAipnK/tEURCbQ084vWpmR+NXydR+0Nu+R imETzIojoKfOQDzH6PqdbY3irePxwvgbHUWy+Pzxw2peBWpYbwe8QC/ClzWn/9n/ qn9IN//MYHKhIKVUsfkNO7KFtubk8l6osQb/C2PAQjNOJrjFJ1a7QVm3pNluTlVj vpxndt58KDQgwBVNZ2KVy/2BE9zU0dIDZAhDAHf8O73KfuV/6VHqnhGljcknUs6K oek0Nc7GcTC46VUEc59n5zvtybbTNOJKfuOikdlHrFdN8pkdN/sbsz8knMKfSAHz BYcO/Uewplmv5Uzd8mtGkAEQpAeawW//pC70L1FLVt787gg3JO+Dqw== =Jvbe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
