Help Needed configuring Samba on Webserver

Sat Apr 9 14:41:12 UTC 2005

Tim,

Here are some URL's that will give you information on configuring Samba
to utilize your current Windows Domain Controller to authenticate your
users.

http://www.apcmag.com/apc/v3.nsf/0/AD34EE262A489808CA256E2A000997C3

http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6347-5072177.html#

Here are some URL's that will give you information on replacing your
Windows Domain Controller and migrating the users.

I recommend reading this first one thoroughly it's got a lot of good
info.

http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-
Collection/NT4Migration.html

http://samba.idealx.org/smbldap-howto.fr.html

I also would not recommend using FC for a long term production file
server due to the short life cycle of FC.

I would recommend trying one of the EL rebuilds.

http://www.taolinux.org
http://www.centos.org
http://www.whiteboxlinux.org

You need to evaluate these and see which one is right for you.

These are not as bleeding edge as FC, but have guaranteed updates for
many years to come.

I also went back and read several of your previous posts.

Upgrading from FC2 to FC3 is not recommended due to the major changes
between the two, that's not to say it doesn't work (mostly) but it's not
recommended.

Hope this helps,

Steve

On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 14:03 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote:
> Steve:
> 
> That's actually a very good point about using ftp, and I am going to
> have to take a very close look at it, however, the question still stands
> because, I need to implement a similar situation to this when I move all
> of the user directories to our FC2 File server.  In that case, they
> absolutely must have mapped access (just like they currently do with
> their home directories on the domain controller)
> 
> TIM
> 
> 
> Tim Holmes
>  
> IT Manager / Webmaster
> Medina Christian Academy
> A Higher Standard...
>  
> Jeremiah 33:3
> Jeremiah 29:11
> Esther 4:14
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-
> > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Steve Fink
> > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 1:31 PM
> > To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> > Subject: Re: Help Needed configuring Samba on Webserver
> > 
> > Tim,
> > 
> > All of the procedures you outlined can be done in a script, pulling
> from
> > a file that contains the list of students.
> > 
> > I.E. For each $Student do (Steps 1-9)...
> > 
> > IMHO I would say you're probably doing your students a dis-service by
> > utilizing Samba to transfer their files to the web server.
> > 
> > In a real-world scenario they would not be uploading their work to a
> web
> > server in this manner.  No host worth their salt would allow Samba
> > anywhere near their web server.
> > 
> > Teach your students to utilize ftp and you'll add one more tool to
> their
> > arsenal.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 13:10 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote:
> > > Earlier this week, I posted a message asking for help with a number
> of
> > > problems / Projects using Fedora Core 2 or 3 within our network.
> The
> > > responses indicated that I should go ahead and post the questions to
> > > this list, so here is the first one that I am having problems with
> > >
> > > Our webserver is a Pentium 4 2Ghz server running fully up to date
> FC2
> > > with Apache and Samba installed.
> > >
> > > Our domain is a windows 2003 Domain using active directory.  What I
> want
> > > to be able to do is to have each student have their own directory on
> the
> > > web server that they can post their web design projects into, and
> then
> > > we have apache to use ~username addressing for their sites.
> > >
> > > As it stands right now, I use the following procedure to make this
> work,
> > > which is not a problem for a class of 5 students, but for a large
> class
> > > it turns into a large amount of work
> > >
> > > Procedure to setup student for samba access
> > >
> > > 1 Create the user directory on the webserver
> > > 2. Create the linux user - system/users and groups
> > > 3. Create a public_html directory under their home directory
> > > 4. chmod home directory 755
> > > 5. chmod public_html directory 755
> > > 6. chown home directory -R to user
> > > 7. chgrp home directory to apache
> > > 8. create samba user -- system-config-samba
> > > 9. input windows password into samba as samba password
> > >
> > >
> > > everything should then work
> > >
> > > This procedure works.  It takes 3 - 5 minutes per itineration, which
> > > gets tedious at best.  The problem comes in the fact that next year
> we
> > > want to implement a similar system for storing all of our user files
> on
> > > our samba file server, and creating 250 accounts like this is just
> out
> > > of the question.
> > >
> > > I realize that I am a new linux administrator, and that my
> understanding
> > > of Linux and Samba are fairly limited, but it seems that there must
> be
> > > an easier way of accomplishing this.  The point that especially
> wrankles
> > > me is having to ask the user for their password, and then manually
> enter
> > > it into samba to get it to recognize the password, it should be able
> to
> > > authenticate against the active directory and work that way.
> > >
> > > I could really use some help here -- I have a class of almost 20
> > > students who will be starting web design projects on Wednesday of
> next
> > > week, so I would very much like to get this working before then, cuz
> > > otherwise Tuesday night is going to be a real pain creating all
> those
> > > users
> > >
> > > TIM
> > >
> > > I can be reached on list, off list at tholmes at mcaschool.net, on
> Yahoo IM
> > > at W8TAH, and on AOL IM at W8TAHHAM
> > >
> > > TIM
> > >
> > > Tim Holmes
> > >
> > > IT Manager / Webmaster
> > > Medina Christian Academy
> > > A Higher Standard...
> > >
> > > Jeremiah 33:3
> > > Jeremiah 29:11
> > > Esther 4:14
> > >
> > >
> > 
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