[Novalug] Linux as a server for an office?

rarob@comcast.net rarob@comcast.net
Fri Jul 18 11:20:11 EDT 2008


Your presentation on FreeNAS was one of the few Novalug presentations I've been able to make.
Someday I'll actually get the time (and funds) to do something like that.  The one NAS setup I've
tried (Linksys NSLu2 w/modified firmware) was, shall we say, lacking.  Just toooo slow.

Rob

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jay Hart" <jhart@kevla.org>
> The NAS setup should be easy, you can go download FreeNAS and install it, and
> have a shared drive across all of your platforms.  And it does RAID.
> 
> FreeNAS works great on my Linux, W2K, and OpenBSD boxes.
> 
> Jay
> 
> > Agreed.  I'd like to have something like this at home, where my wife and I run
> > a mixed bag of systems.  Between us we have Linux (PPC and x86), OS X
> > (again, PPC and x86), and XP.  Get all this tied to a NAS setup.....
> >
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: "Jay Hart" <jhart@kevla.org>
> >> I think this would be a great topic at a meeting.  Basically where peices
> >> are
> >> invloved, and some basic points to consider, if you have it working by then,
> >> that would be a bonus.
> >>
> >> > I was researching the same thing for my heterogeneous network at home.
> >> >
> >> > For built-in windows authentication, you might want a kerberos server. See
> >> >
> >> 
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/a606a6cd-0d09-4d8e-a709-e
> >> a4f93608b5f1033.mspx?mfr=true
> >> >
> >> > What's nice about that approach is that the kerberos technology is
> >> built-in to
> >> > Windows and would be supported, patched, etc.
> >> >
> >> > You *can* use LDAP to authenticate your windows user, but that requires
> >> what
> >> > is called a different GINA. Google it to learn more.
> >> >
> >> > There is also an O'Reilly book, "Windows in a Linux World".
> >> >
> >> 
> http://books.google.com/books?id=NxMeJaLZAHwC&dq=linux+in+a+windows+world&pg=PP1
> >> 
> &ots=ySsTmRqzfK&sig=L9VGgg2-F53ZDc0BUeg7nnAOyUA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum
> >> =1&ct=result
> >> >
> >> > This book has some cool stuff for assisting with what you are trying to
> >> do.
> >> >
> >> > Overall, I think a good strategy is to implement OpenLDAP as the user
> >> store
> >> > (analogous to Active Directory store), and also implement Kerberos server
> >> for
> >> > encrypted authentication.
> >> >
> >> > There are some how-to's on how to do the combination on the internet. I
> >> > haven't yet implemented this, but this has been where my research has led
> >> me.
> >> >
> >> > Good luck,
> >> >   Brandon
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --- On Fri, 7/18/08, Igor Birman <igor_birman@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> From: Igor Birman <igor_birman@yahoo.com>
> >> >> Subject: [Novalug] Linux as a server for an office?
> >> >> To: novalug@calypso.tux.org
> >> >> Date: Friday, July 18, 2008, 10:06 AM
> >> >> I have an opportunity to set up a new server for an office
> >> >> running Linux.  I want the same features as Windows server
> >> >> provides - single signon, ability to change password,
> >> >> access to samba shares without having to log in again, and
> >> >> access via VPN.
> >> >>
> >> >> Do I need OpenLDAP for this?  Every guide to it seems very
> >> >> complex - is there a quick and easy way to use it?  Do some
> >> >> commercial Linux distributions have this out of the box?  I
> >> >> found this link:
> >> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LDAP-Samba_PDC_(for_Linux_and_Windows)
> >> >> with a big disclaimer at the top.
> >> >>
> >> >> Should I just use Samba as a PDC?  I see many articles
> >> >> about this from 2001 and 2002, but nothing recent.
> >> >>
> >> >> It looks like I can do this with OpenLDAP, but it looks
> >> >> very complicated.  Is there any easy way to provide these
> >> >> services for Windows machines, or should I be looking at
> >> >> Windows Server?
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks,
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