On 1/14/06, Jay Zach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----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.
Sounds like a great debian-administration.org article. :) > > 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----- -- Cheers, Maxim Vexler (hq4ever). Do u GNU ?
