[K12OSN] OT: Authentication server options

[David Hopkins]

Thanks! I've looked at and wanted to try Fedora 389 but I am concerned
about the support for Samba/Windows Domain.

The two links I've found describing how to do this are:
http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Howto:Samba and
http://wiki.neddix.com/How_to_setup_the_CentOS_Directory_Server_%28389_Directory_Server%29

I guess I'll just have to try a few times and see if I can get it working.

Thanks!
Dave

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would use Fedora 389 server for LDAP (supports multi-master for automatic
> updates and failover by having ldap.conf list dual servers!)
>
> What is used by the system for user auth should have no impact on home
> directories unless the source of user auth has different data for the home
> dir.
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 3:25 PM, David Hopkins <dahopkins429 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> A new charter school is opening this fall and has asked us (Newark
>> Charter) to help set up their IT infrastructure. At NCS we used the
>> samba+ldap roll our own approach for authentication. It has worked
>> quite well. However, I'm considering using Active Directory + winbind
>> instead but I'm not sure of all the pros/cons of this approach. Will
>> it be transparent for logging onto thin clients? There will be a
>> dedicated linux-based (CentOS) file server for home directories. Will
>> home directories work as expected for the linux users?
>>
>> I appreciate any insights and recommendations on this.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Dave Hopkins
>> Newark Charter School
>>
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