File and Print Proof of Concept "Competition"

[Gary Wilson]

--- Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> wrote:
> Thanks for this information, Gary!  That's good to
> know.  I'll have to snag
> the source and try it out.  
> 

yes, this stuff is finally working in version 3. Beta
3 was released today. It is expected to be the last
beta for version 3.

> What I'm most concerned with at this point is NOT
> having to touch the Linux
> box (or access it as a guru would).  More
> specifically, it is important that
> we not have to create the user id's on the Linux
> box, that access is somehow
> granted to the filesystem simply by granting rights
> in the AD.  It's ok if the
> rights themselves are assigned at the filesystem
> level, so long as we can put
> together a Windows-user friendly method of managing
> them.  There are about
> 200-300 LAN Admins who will need to be able to do
> this without too much
> retraining.
> 

You should be able to do that. Read the Samba docs on
AD, LDAP and Winbind.

here's the updated samba docs, not available in any
book:
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html

Gary

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