Re: FreeBSD Active Directory Server

From: Daniel Marsh (daniel_at_stiw.org)
Date: 07/31/05

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To: martin@orbweavers.co.uk, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

    On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 20:03:56 +0800, <martin@orbweavers.co.uk> wrote:

    >
    > Has anyone any experience trying to make FreeBSD an Active Directory
    > Server? From my research and experiementation, I am under the impression
    > that it is possible, but I have yet to come up with any articles where it
    > has actual been done fully.
    >
    > At the minute I have samba and ldap setup, the active directory dns
    > entries in (_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.{domain}). I am getting an error message
    > when trying to join my XP client to the domain - I think it is to do with
    > the ldap server. Any clues or points in the right direction would be
    > helpful - I am getting the impression that this may be a big project, if
    > it is even achieveable.
    >
    > Cheers,
    > Martin

    Samba has experimental components which support ADS, but not fully. See
    http://www.samba.org/ and the Official Samba Howto.

    In my experience it isn't currently capable to have FreeBSD run as a fully
    functioning ADS server.

    If you absolutely need ADS you may simply need to have a Windows server.

    If you need Windows Domain logons and ACLs etc... Samba+LDAP works
    beautifully, I have this implemented at my work, the only reference I
    needed was the Official Samba Howto. Using LDAP Account Manager also helps
    :) There are no problems with machines connecting to the domains, or
    domain logons, user profiles, or ACL's.

    Daniel
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