System Administration: Is it feasible to use Samba 4 as a central auth, directory, DNS, server for a mostly Linux and Mac environment that sometimes has windows clients or is it still better to use openldap auth, nfs homes, nss Pam ldap, etc?
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Answer:
In that scenario you are almost better off using OpenDirectory + DNS on an OSX server, or you could go with NIS, but Samba is a complex, problematic solution meant for a big organization with lots of manpower available for configuration.
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I would say... that if you are running a very small network and that is the way you understand how to make it work... I guess you can. I don't really understand why you would complicate it with Samba. If you have a lot of traffic you'll end up with file locking and other similar issues. A linux box could run all those services with ease on a busy network. Samba is ok for users to mount their directories from the remote linux server. I personally prefer sftp or ssh or some more secure protocol. Whats your reasoning? Is it that you know how to config a Windows server and want to make those things available from a linux server?
Max Jones
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