[Gllug] Fwd: [wellylug] setting up server

[Xander D Harkness]

Paul Cupis wrote:

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>On Wednesday 27 November 2002 21:19, Jonathan Harker wrote:
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>>Subject: [wellylug] setting up server
>>Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:12:22 +1300
>>From: "Joe Wilson" <random_loose_unit at paradise.net.nz>
>>To: <wellylug at yahoogroups.com>
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>>i am trying to setup a linux server that is a file server and hosts a
>>domain and i have to be able to make it at some stage so that i can have
>>saving profiles, i know this can be done with Windows 2000 Pro Server but i
>>would rather not goto the trouble of getting a copy, can somone out htere
>>help me? at the moment i have Linux Redhat 7.3 and Debian Linux 3.0 which
>>is better? should i use another distro? i am all new to this.
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>(Note this is not being sent to Wellington LUG, only GLLUG.)
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>Hmm, Redhat or Debian? Debian, no question. :)
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>As for the non-inflammatory question, I think that the Samba documentation 
>more than adequately describes how to set up a Samba server to act as a 
>Domain Controller, including 'saving profiles' et al.
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>  apt-get install samba-doc
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>And start looking around the copious documentation in 
>/usr/share/doc/samba-doc. Of particular interest may the file 
>/usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba-PDC-HOWTO.html.
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There is also an IBM tutorial available on their site, I do not have the 
URL to hand but I do have a local copy:

http://openapps.harkness.co.uk/Documentation/samba-a4.pdf

Kind regards
Xander


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