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Hey ppl. Need some advice here. I've got a home server running Ubuntu Server 9.04 and several machines running Ubuntu Desktop (9.04 and 8.04) and Windows (XP, Vista and 7). ...
  1. 08-21-2009 #1
    JonneyRed77
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    Networking Ubuntu Machines

    Hey ppl. Need some advice here. I've got a home server running Ubuntu Server 9.04 and several machines running Ubuntu Desktop (9.04 and 8.04) and Windows (XP, Vista and 7). Now what I want to do is to create a domain and directory server similar in function to Windows Server w/ AD and join my other machines to the domain, but am not sure where to start. I already have file shares with Samba but now I want to setup a domain.

    Has anyone any advice on this?

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    Becuase you are running ubuntu on the server, you cannot exactly just run a domain using Ad..... because its not windows. its ubuntu
    The thing you would want to look into would be
    Openldap ( just google it )
    Its not as simple or straight forward as the windows AD user interface.
    But if you want to run something simlar on ubuntu, that is your best bet.....
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    I've never tried this as I haven't needed to but Samba should be able to do what you want

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    Thanks for the replies. After some more research I've found that something similar can be done with Samba, it creates an NT4 style network. I'm a newbie when it comes to setting up networks with more than just file/print sharing, so I'm not totally clear on what functions this would provide. However, the new version of Samba under dev is said to be able to act as a DC with AD style directory services. Hopefully this is true but am in no great rush...more for personal interest.

    Cheers.

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