Opensource tools - Intro to Samba domain controllers.

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Jason Groves

Director & Technical Lead at Openbyte South Africa

发布日期: 2019年9月5日
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Another post to introduce opensource tools to the masses, Samba domain controllers.

Remember the purpose of these posts is to introduce the masses to opensource tools you can use to save money.

Samba is free Open Source software which provides a means of communication between Windows OS and Linux and can also operate as an Active Directory Domain Controller with Windows 7/10 pc’s. With a Samba DC, you can implement GPO, groups, users, file shares etc.

This Linux based domain controller can be administered via command line as well as via tools like RSAT (remote server administration tools for Windows) which means you never have to touch the command line. Just install RSAT tools on a Windows box and point it to the new DC and you won’t know the difference.

If you prefer using the command line, you can use the samba-tool command. The syntax is self-explanatory and quite simple: examples include.

samba-tool user add jason_groves

samba-tool user disable jason_groves

samba-tool group listmembers "openbyte-group"

samba-tool domain passwordsettings show

Samba 4 can also be setup in a primary/backup configuration. (PDC/BDC). With this solution, you can remove all licencing costs. On a 100 user site, this can equate to the equivalent of approximately $4000 or R60000 on CALS

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