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AD's workstation on Linux network!

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by mauri_1848

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I have an AD network with W2000 here, and a Linux RedHat network in other city.

This is my problem: Users can't access Samba's File System on the Linux network without moving to a different group, which implies to use a different Windows account.

Does anyone know an easy way to connect a AD's workstation to a Linux server?

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by mauri_1848

How you saw, I have a very bad english... I' try to clarify the quesiton...

I am just lookin if somebody knows how to install a ActiveDirector's configured notebook in a Linux RedHat enviromment...

Anyone?

by gybass

For the user(s) you are having problems with, make sure you have a group for them setup on the linux machine. Then add the individual people you want to be in that group. Then edit the samba.conf (smb.conf) file and give that group permissions to whatever you want them to access (in the conf file, use the other group that can access the linux macine as a reference for setting up the new group.

by mauri_1848

Thank you very much for your answer...

I am not sure if this solves the problem. When a user connects to the linux box, the dhcp service gives him an IP number, but when the user try to browse the network, he can't see absolutly nothing, because the pc belongs to a AD.

by Member 29884799

1) How are you connecting to the Redhat server? VPN? DMZ over broadband connection?

2) What are you attempting to do? (file sharing, storage, et. al)

by mauri_1848

The conection is locally, which means that users with a notebook conects here to ActiveDirectory and conects to a Linux server there.

by a. admin

It's really not that clear what you have set up, and what you're trying to accomplish. I can tell you that my network consists of 1 Win2k3 PDC, one special purpose win2k server, and 8 Linux servers. ADS is set up on the PDC, and the Linux boxes act as file, print, and application servers. My users need to access shares and programs on them, and I accomplish this easily with Samba.

Go to http://www.wlug.org.nz/ActiveDirectorySamba for an excellent howto.

by mauri_1848

if both servers are in the same network it is not a problem....

What I have is two "totally diferent" networks and a bunch of users that sometimes conects to one and sometimes conects to the other (the networks are in different cities).

by nantallen

Regarding your current issues..
Have you looked into Samba-TNG with LDAP?
Samba-TNG with an LDAP backend would allow you to use a Linux server as a AD-style DC. If you have a WAN link between the two networks, you could then set up replication to it. This would allow for user logins to the domain in both locations. If no WAN link exists, you could still create your own domain for the other location enabling single-sign on. Once this is accomplished, tell the file servers to use LDAP authentication. Not too difficult and plenty of documentation online.

by kaspencer

Surely if your Linux server is one a different network, all you need to do is use a VPN Router (or a VPN server) and allow the workstaion on your AD LAN to connect to the Linux machine on your Linux LAN.
Better still use two VPN routers (one at each end) and have them permanently dial each other to make the internetwork conection permanently available.

Ken.

by mauri_1848

My boss don't want a permanent connection, due security concerns. He just want to access shared folders and printers when he goes to the city of the Linux's LAN.

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