Hello gurus.
Happy new year to all !!
I would like to replace an Windows 2K3 Server (AD) for a Samba3, but one of the requirements is that workstations users being able to share to others users any directory or printer they want from their own machines.
Let's say:
ComputerA -\ /-ComputerB
|----------------------->|--DirectoryXX
PrinterYY--|<-----------------------|
As far as i've read at samba's doc, all the shares are made at the server side for clients to access, but what i need is to be sure that users can share to other users and give permissions to those shares, just like an active directory environment.
Samba 3 is not Activity Directory (work in progress I understand for version 4). What it can do is act as Domain contoller (PDC) as well as authenticate users against AD using kerboros in a Windows AD Environment. A fully implemented Samba PDC can authenticate users, run login scripts, support profiles, and share resources. Would suggest you reference the OReilley OpenSource Books (compendiums) on Samba3. Clint