I've got an old PC that's called server which runs SuSE 9.3. Basically it's a samba file server for 5 Windows clients. It "knowes" every user so that they can access Samba. There is no local user access besides that. Up until now I configured all our (few) users on every PC so that they could ... well ... roam would be a rather big word. Would it be possible keep all profile infos on the server and let Windows (2000) grab it on login-time from the server?
If your asking if Samba can be a domain controller, then yes. It can emulate an NT4.0 style domain controller. This is all very well documented at the Samba project (avoid third-party documents).
Actually it's like that. I talked to a buddy on weekend who is currently starting a new business. He'll have within a year 25-50 desktop workplaces with very limited needs. It might end up with a browser that runs a web-based application. So I boldly proposed a pure Linux play.
Then he doesn't need a domain controller.
Some other guy - who advised him in IT stuff until now - told him that he needed a Windows small business server to host Active Directory and an Exchange server plus MS-SQL.
That would be one [expensive] route. Windows 2003 is a very stable server platforms.
Could someone point me to a Howto for windows-profile management with Linux? A nice groupware for mail, adresses and dates would be handy, too.
The database should be PostgreSQL, I guess.
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