[brlug-general] Samba as a domain controller

[Jerald Sheets]

I'm running an LDAP/Samba/Linux replication of a resource domain off
corporate's primary AD.

Serving ~500 hosts & a few dozen clients...


--j

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Dustin Puryear <dpuryear at puryear-it.com>wrote:

> Very little to be honest. I love Samba, but it's very rare that I see it
> working better than a Windows DC. Also, sure, you can do some LDAP
> replication tricks to help with redundancy, but having two Windows DCs
> is simple to setup (real, real simple) and works out-of-the-box.
>
> We used a Samba-LDAP DC here for a while, but have since dropped it for
> Windows 2003 AD. Life is simpler.
>
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> From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On
> Behalf Of Joe Fruchey
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:37 PM
> To: general at brlug.net
> Subject: [brlug-general] Samba as a domain controller
>
> I've been doing Windows desktop support for ten or twelve years. At
> work, it's basically me and the server/networking guy. Well, he got a
> better offer, so he's out the door after Wednesday, which means I'm
> basically shoehorned into the server/network admin position. It's a
> role I've wanted to take on for years now, and I'm really excited
> about it.
>
> TMI, sorry.
>
> Anyhow, I'm finally in a position where I can make decisions, and I've
> always wondered how feasible Samba would be as a domain controller in
> a real-world environment. We have about 500 users and 300 computers.
> What advantages would it offer over Windows Server 2008's Active
> Directory? (Free being the primary example.)
>
> Thanks, guys.
>
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