Read this one
http://us3.samba.org/samba
you can also use webmin to adminstration samba
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Browse All TopicsWe are going to try to move our file servers inside a Windows 2003 Active Directory domain to linux. We bought two HP ProLiant DL160 G6 servers for the project and I am trying to find the best way to set this up.
I originally tried using Ubuntu Server 8.04 Hardy LTS because you can use eBox as a GUI for setting up the shares. After buying the servers, we found out that only the newest version of Ubuntu Server 9.04 Jaunty supports the hardware of our new servers. This is a problem because eBox only has a development version (always breaking) for Jaunty (9.04). I tried joining the server to the Active Directory domain and setting up file sharing using the command line and editing config files by following a few guides online, but it was a mess and only partially worked. Not to mention that administrators are going to need to add, edit, and remove shares and they are not going to use the command line to do it.
So I was wondering what is the best Linux distribution to run for this type of thing that can be set up AND managed EASILY using a GUI (preferably a web gui). If you have to buy the OS (like RHEL), then it kind of defeats the purpose of moving away from Windows, so free OS's only please. The easier it is to use, the better.
Thanks for reading.
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Read this one
http://us3.samba.org/samba
you can also use webmin to adminstration samba
I've used Webmin before, but had trouble with it. Can webmin join the active directory domain and setup shares with permissions and all that stuff? And how is CentOS with packaging. This is the one big issue I have with Ubuntu is half the packages in the repositories are broken or don't work properly.
There is not any problem with Centos, i can Gurentee you.
Centos use Yum command to update every thing . from patch to Software update,
When there would be any update available it will notify you automaticaly.
also advantage is, you can add your own reliable repository to get more software and update.
but the basic repository comes with centos they are actually enough.
about webmin with Activie directory ... i am not sure,
but i will google it for further information.
also, Configuration samba its not that hard itself , its not a big file to configure. download samba in a normal centos pc, and have a look to configuration file
have a look to this one
http://www.howtoforge.com/
just a article to show how to add samba with active directory, if you look in gogle you will loads of staff, but its realy not that hard that you will have to use Gui interface..
Good to hear about CentOS. As for the Samba config file, I have already tried configuring it on a Ubuntu Server machine to work in a Windows Active Directory Domain by hand and it was a disaster. It joins the domain, but pops error after error and doesn't authenticate against anything.
That's why I'm looking for an easy and robust way of joining the domain and managing shares. And the link you provided is for Gentoo, not CentOS.
My main problem with editing files by hand is that there is ALWAYS something in the guide that is wrong or not mentioned. then when I run into an error, I spend the rest of the day Googling the problem and end up saying "screw it, this is impossible".
So I need something EASY to join the box to the domain for me.
Sorry i suppose to sent you this link but sent you a wrong one from my bookmark
http://www.howtoforge.com/
currnelty i dont know any tools but i will have have a look in google...
Is there anything special I need to know about adding security permissions to the users on the domain using Webmin? I was reading one tutorial on joining CentOS to a Windows domain and it had this line in it, which I'm not sure what it means:
Make sure the share disk has group "your Windows Domain"+domain users
By the way, the page I was looking at was: http://www.fourm.info/Tool
I think what he meant is
when you will share a directory and will you will define that share in smb.conf
you will have to define who can access that share
example
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes
valid users = %S --------------------------
create mode = 0664
directory mode = 0775
I let the installer do everything automatically. It even said on the partitioning page that the defaults should used....and I used them, so I have no idea if it created the partitions properly.
All I know is that the partitioning never ends and I can boot up a Live Fedora CD just fine, I can install Ubuntu Server and Desktop just fine and I can install XP just fine.
I am 10 minutes into trying the install on another hard drive and it's still stuck doing partitioning, so it can't be a bad drive. Also, there seems to be no disk activity at all while the partitioning is running. I'm burning a Fedora Live CD now....I may just use Fedora as the OS, this is ridiculous. I've spent all morning in the #centos IRC room the only thing I get out of those guys is, "That's weird". No help at all.
as i said, it could be faulty Cd , did you try to burn into another cd ???
or may be the from where you did download that was not good may be file corruption
so i would of suggest you to download again from another download location.. or burn it again to another Cd or atleast test the cd before installing
Even though there were some initial problems with getting CentOS installed, I have been playing with it all day and I've got to say that I'm starting to like it. I quickly found out that you can pretty much follow any RHEL tutorial, and read all the documentation for RHEL and it all applies to CentOS because the only thing they really is remove the trademarked artwork and replace it with CentOS artwork.
I personally think that Linux still has a way to go before it can reach the level of ease-of-use that Windows servers offer, but as far as Linux servers go, I think RHEL/CentOS is the closest to reaching that goal when it comes to business requirements. Feature-wise, there is no comparison. Linux blows Windows out of the water....if you can figure out how to configure it. Ubuntu Server and eBox are WAY behind.
For everyone else having a problem with HP Proliant servers and RHEL/CentOS, the trick is to go into the BIOS and change the SATA Controller mode to AHCI from Compatibility (legacy IDE emulation).
I'm sure I'll have MANY more questions, so keep up the good work fosiul01!
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by: fosiul01Posted on 2009-08-12 at 07:46:36ID: 25079267
If you dont want to by RHEL then go for Centos.
Centos is the Same thing as REHL , only benefits is its Free.
For Filesharing in Centos, you can use Samba which is widely used and it has Gui interface, not so good looking!! but will do your job
also you can add this samba with windows active directory for user authentication and others...