Re: NS Domains
From: Ray Little (ray_at_nospam.rlla.com)
Date: 03/31/05
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Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:20:14 -0500
Thank you. I'll research the links provided.
"prg" <rdgentry1@cablelynx.com> wrote in message
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>
> Ray Little wrote:
>> I'm having a little trouble understanding the concept behind the
> concept of
>> MS domains. ...
>
> You are not alone ;-)
>
>> ... Is there an analogy in Linux/Unix?
>
> Not really -- thank the heavens.
>
> Windows networking grew from the idea of workgroups and peer-to-peer
> networking to something more "hierarchical" with domains.
>
> Domains provide a centralized means of locating resources and
> authentication. These days domains use Active Directory and to
> maintain and administer this centralized resource/authentication info.
>
> *nix provides NIS (yellow pages, yp*) in years past, but most networks
> are moving to directory servers and LDAP as a means of providing
> centralized resource/authentication info.
>
> Active Directory also uses LDAP, but Windows networks are organized on
> principles that no rational person would ever purposefully design. Due
> to MS's old workgroup heritage and need to maintain backward
> compatibility, we now have to deal with domains, trees, forests, and
> trust relationships. Yuk!
>
> Entire multi-volume tomes have been written on domains and Active
> Directory. The Samba docs provide some good info that goes some way to
> explaining domains.
>
> If you need to hook up Linux clients to a Windows AD domain then you
> will have to do some work.
>
> With Samba, you cannot implement a complete AD solution. In Windows,
> unless you're the domain admin, you don't have any control over how the
> network is organized. You can burn up a lot of brain cells on this
> topic;)
>
> Here's some background links:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/sag_adintro_10.htm
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/serverroles/domaincontroller/default.mspx
> http://windows.about.com/od/tipsarchive/l/aa061399.htm
> http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Authenticating-Linux-Active-Directory.html
>
> hth,
> prg
>
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