Do I need LDAP or just Samba??

[David Hopkins]

Jim,

You didn't mention if the Windows systems are WinXP Pro, but if they are,
you should be able to make the one server a Samba PDC and join the machines
to the PDC's domain.  I use an LDAP backend but Samba will also work with
just the /etc/passwd for authentication as well.  As for a text, I have The
Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide by John H Terpstra and Jelmer R
Vernooij.  It is also available online at
http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/  (see chapter 4)

Sincerely,
Dave Hopkins

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Jim Christiansen <
jim.c.christiansen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there.  The Win program is called Pro/Engineer and I've been told by the
> company that it can't be run from a Win Terminal Server.  :-(
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Les R <openadmin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> HI Jim,
>>
>> Why not just setup Windows Terminal Server and use R Desktop, etc. for it?
>> That way you don't have a bunch of Windows client mess to manage.
>>
>> We run many apps here that way (Quickbooks, etc. etc. )
>>
>> Les Richardson
>> Open Admin for Schools
>>
>>
>>
>> 2010/1/20 Jim Christiansen <jim.c.christiansen at gmail.com>:
>> > I've been running 100 LTSP clients from 3 independent servers for years
>> now
>> > and finally have an immediate need to have WinXP boxes access linux
>> student
>> > homes and authenticate using the same linux logons if possible.
>> > The requirement is only for one server and 30 dualbooting clients/winxp
>> > stand-alones in one classroom.  I have a windose app that requires a
>> real
>> > windows xp install to function.  My preference would be to have students
>> in
>> > a winxp boot-up to be authenticated by the linux server.  Also, I would
>> like
>> > the students to be able to access their own homes, or the very least- a
>> > folder accessible to all, on the linux server with write access.
>> > The server is an Ubuntu 9.04 install with the ltsp thrown on top.  The
>> > installs for LDAP have always looked so difficult...  Do I need LDAP or
>> just
>> > Samba??
>> > If I only need Samba, is there a good how to somewhere?
>> > Thanks,  Jim
>> >
>> >
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