On 24/11/04 09:20 AM, it clown wrote:

Hi All,

I am wanting to setup 9.1 as a domain controller. Does anyone know of where i can find some info on this? I found some info on samba but it has not really gotton me in the right direction, thanks.

Samba is the only direction for setting up a windows domain controller under *nix. I'd goto the samba.org site and read through the very extensive documentation there. Personally we use 3 samba/ldap servers as domain controllers running samba 3 ontop of 9.1. Regards, Ben

On Wednesday 24 November 2004 10:20, it clown wrote:

Hi All,

I am wanting to setup 9.1 as a domain controller. Does anyone know of where i can find some info on this? I found some info on samba but it has not really gotton me in the right direction, thanks.

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Here is an excerpt from my Server installation docu's... it's a straight forward setup as fit my needs, maybe it's a good starting point for your setup... <rant> Unfortunately It looses all formatting when posting to this Mailling list. (There are some people on the list who still use backward systems, and have slow internet connections. Out of respect for these people everybody on the list forfits formatting in all messages... 8-( This is the best the list allows (and forced me an extra 5 mins to format so it's readable 8-( </rant> Samba File server ============ Here we setup the windows client support, including “hot seating” for XP professional clients. Installation of Software ---------------------------- Yast-->Network Services-->Samba Server Let Yast install the software Click enable Samba Server. Click Primary Domain controller Enter Domain Name: Westrick <--- 'use your domain, not mine ;-)' Global Configuration ------------------------- Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf change the line to yes as shown below: wins support = Yes Add the following lines to the global section: interfaces = eth1 lo <----- 'exclude the external interface if any' bind interfaces only = Yes update encrypted = Yes unix password sync = Yes printcap name = CUPS logon script = logon.cmd logon path = \\%N\%U\.ntprofile logon drive = H: admin users = westrick root <---- 'your administrators' Creating the shares ============= In this section I describe how to define a single share. note here that you can define more than one at a time using the same sequence. Additionally, where ever you see “<Column Name>” the value you should type is taken from the appropriate column of the “Share Definitions” table. 'Figure it out as best you can, as you don't have the worksheets this refers to' Creating the share access groups --------------------------------------- Yast2-->Security and Users-->Edit and create groups click [ADD] In text box “Group Name”, enter <Name> (from the “Share Definitions” table). click [Finish], to close “User and Group Administration” window Creating the directories for the shares --------------------------------------------- In a root shell mkdir /home/share/<Directory> chgrp <Group Name> /home/share/<Directory> chmod g+s /home/share/<Directory> chmod 770 /home/share/<Directory> Defining the Windows shares ---------------------------------- Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf add the following lines to the bottom of the file: [<Name>] comment = <Description> path = /home/shares/<Directory> valid users = @<group Name> read only = No create mask = 0660 directory mask = 0770 inherit permissions = Yes (Re)Start Samba -------------------- In a root shell execute “/etc/init.d/smb restart” This is the "practical" knowledge I've gathered via experience and with the help of this and other lists. In thanks to all the help I received... Jerry