This may be a very useful article to some. I have not tested it fully but intend too.

 

 

 

 

1. The usual warnings: read them

 

DO NOT create users/passwords containing capital letters for use with Samba PDC.

DO NOT INTEGRATE THIS IN AN EXISTING NT/SAMBA network without knowing what you are doing.

Read The Fine Manuals at [/url][url=http://www.samba.org]http://www.samba.org

I don't discus switching the clients for domain logons.

I do not know if the WEBDAV link remain's operational

Tested in network with XP and 98

This can be used as a full featured NT 4 server SP3 PDC (I believe NT is a trademark of Microsoft etc..)

 

This is a good link www.itweek.co.uk/News/1131114 comparing samba and W2k

 

2. Created extra directories

=======================

 

profile

netlogon

 

ls -l

drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 May 15 19:19 netlogon

drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 May 15 19:26 profile

 

3. This is my /etc/samba/smb.conf

===========================

 

It's a modified original smb.conf for CC

HOME becomes the DOMAIN, instead of the WORKGROUP

 

 

[global]

workgroup = HOME

netbios name = Server1

server string = Server1

interfaces = eth1 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0

bind interfaces only = Yes

encrypt passwords = Yes

max log size = 50

socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g 100 -s /bin/false -M %u

;

; use of logonscript add a username.bat in Clarkconnectprofile

logon script = profile%U.bat

;

; Uncomment for debug purposes

; log level = 10

log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

;

;

; This setting is for XP and W2K. Just copy the map C:Documents and Settingsusername

; to username.domain

; all passwords stored perviously in a pwl file will be lost. Need to re-enter them

;

logon path = C:Documents and Settings%U.HOME

domain logons = Yes

;

; This setting make's you win elections from EVERY ms server.

; Be carefull with it!

;

os level = 99

preferred master = True

domain master = True

dns proxy = No

wins support = Yes

;

; execute from a client the DOS command "net time 192.168.1.1 /set /y

; this will synchronise the time from the client with this from the CC box

time server = Yes

;

; Needed share for netlogon scripts (ref Windows 9.x)

;

[netlogon]

path = /home/netlogon

comment = Logon scripts and policies

create mask = 0644

write list = gedeco

directory mask = 0755

[shared]

comment = Shared Folder

path = /home/shared

read only = No

create mask = 0600

directory mask = 0700

[webdav]

comment = Read Only - Internet Shared Folder

path = /home/webdav/files

guest ok = Yes

[website]

comment = Web Site

path = /var/www

read only = No

create mask = 0755

guest ok = Yes

;

; The exclusive home directory for the autheticated user

;

[home]

comment = User Directory

path = /home/%U

read only = No

; could be used to store profiles. could be slow to use!

;

[profile]

path = /home/profile

read only = No

create mask = 0600

directory mask = 0700

[printers]

path = /tmp

guest ok = Yes

printable = Yes

printing = cups

browseable = No

 

After applying the /etc/smb.conf restart the service.

 

service smb restart

 

 

4. Adding the user which can join domains.

===================================

 

Only root can do this in a Samba domain (one of the isue's about samba)

 

So

 

smbpasswd -a root

 

enter the passwords (choose a password other than the "real" root password!!!)

 

 

5. Adding Computers to the domain (Windows NT, Windows 2000,XP)

========================================================

 

root# /usr/sbin/useradd -g 100 -d /dev/null -c "machine nickname" -s /bin/false machine_name$

 

root# passwd -l machine_name$

 

root# smbpasswd -a -m machine_name

 

6. Adding Users

=============

 

root# useradd myuser

root# smbpasswd -a myuser

(add password)

There's a trick to synchronize linux users and windows users, but it would create a lot of unusefull windows users.

For instance gopher, ftp etc...

 

7. Windows XP and 2000 registry changing

===================================

 

This is a MUST!

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesNetlogonParameters]

"requiresignorseal"=dword:00000000

 

Cause XP uses default encrypted communication.

 

8. copying a existing user profile

===========================

 

This is an example of migrating my profile on my XP desktop. For other MS OS, it might be different.

And I hate to lose my fancy Desktop

 

C:Documents and Settingsuser to C:Documents and Settingsuser.HOME

(HOME is the DOMAIN name used in smb.conf)

 

logoff and logon to the domain

YOU NEED TO RE-ENTER PASSWORDS FOR OUTLOOK, websites ETC...

 

Maybe not the best way, but it was satisfying for my needs.

 

 

9. Windows 9x client

=================

 

No need to add a machine profile (only NT,W2K or XP)

Any proper created user could log on.

 

10. Extra feature

==============

 

You could synchronize time using dos command

net time 192.168.1.1 /set /y

The Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows NT. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards.

 

Read on here:

[/url][url=http://httpd.apache.org/]http://httpd.apache.org/

XMail is an Internet and intranet mail server featuring an SMTP server, POP3 server, finger server, multiple domains, no need for users to have a real system account, SMTP relay checking, RBL/RSS/ORBS/DUL and custom ( IP based and address based ) spam protection, SMTP authentication ( PLAIN LOGIN CRAM-MD5 POP3-before-SMTP and custom ), a POP3 account syncronizer with external POP3 accounts, account aliases, domain aliases, custom mail processing, direct mail files delivery, custom mail filters, mailing lists, remote administration, custom mail exchangers, logging, and multi-platform code. XMail sources compile under GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris and NT/2K/XP.

 

I use this on windows currently and I will soon run it on my linux box. Its a very nice all in one package that has a lot of options.

 

[/url][url=http://www.xmailserver.org/]http://www.xmailserver.org/

fyi

 

please dont talk about downloading warez here, keep the discussions about longhorn, what its like to use and so on and not about how to get it,

 

appreciate yoru understanding,

 

cheers

 

anyweb

This aint the proper place for this post, but there is not an SMTP section yet so here goes:

 

[/url][url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/assp]http://sourceforge.net/projects/assp

 

 

The Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy (ASSP) Server project aims to create an open source platform-independent SMTP Proxy server which implements whitelists and Bayesian filtering to rid the planet of the blight of unsolicited email (UCE).

 

I have this setup on a windows proxy and Im letting it build up a database right now.

The setup was easy as pie.

Suggestion:

Since this is a linux noob forum why not have topics for APACHE or WWW and SMTP and FTP and DNS and other useful areas of conversation and help.

of my Second son, Sebastian, brother to Christopher.

 

Sebastian was born today saturday 13th of December 2003, at 11:39am weighing in at 5200 g and 52CM in length,

 

hes strong and soft and oh so beautiful

 

congrats to his mum Annelie and welcome Sebastian

 

we love you very very much

 

mum-dad-Christopher

 

cheers

 

anyweb

howdy,

 

My name is Kelvin, nick name are Venom Spyder, on efnet i use Vemon coz some one use venom. i'm 23 years old and live in England - North East. I'm currently run my own company as a web designing.

 

if you are too keen to know more about me, don't hastiest to ask.

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