Replacing Windows 2003 Server with Linux

[nasril]

I want to change my windows 2003 server with Linux. What step by step procedure i must do ?

The new server should do the following job :
1. PDS.
2. Mail Server.
3. Proxy Server.
4. 'Exchange server".

Thx for u'r help.

[womd]

"I want to change my windows 2003 server with Linux. What step by step procedure i must do ?"

-> :D .. jahh that'S a good one .. .. if you start this .. then you'r in charge of everything to choose ..... what / how you want to use it .. everyone likes it different ...... also depending on which features of 2003server u use.

but to get something like 2003 you could try to implement:


1. PDS.
-> do you mean PDC/BDC ? ( Domain Controller NT-times)

-- isc-dhcpd -> http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/dhcp/
-- bind as your DNS http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/index.php
-- samba as your fileserver http://us1.samba.org/samba/
-- LDAP / MYSQL for centralized authenticating of users

see: http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/samba-pdc.html



2. Mail Server.

- you could use exim -> http://silverwraith.com/vexim/pop3imap.php

3. Proxy Server.

-> http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/

4. 'Exchange server".

-> what features of exchange do you use so exzessively that it's an extra point ?

there is a gpl alternative out there for everything ....





good luck


one thing for the way: using linux you first have to understand the concept .. then your set ... .. im also still trying ... but getting better ;)

[falko]

Regarding he PDC, take a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/samba_domaincontroller_setup_ubuntu_6.10

And in this category you can find some mail server tutorials: http://www.howtoforge.com/taxonomy_menu/1/78/4

[sjau]

there is a gpl alternative out there for everything ....

I have to disagree here... there's not a gpl alternative for everything but for 99%... and there is no Windoze alternative also for some GPLed stuff ;)

[nasril]

Thank's all.

Yes i mean PDC.

What is the best distro to used for server ... now my distro is mandriva 2007 free ..

[sjau]

I prefer debian as server distro but ask 3 sys admins and you'll get 9 preferred distros ;)

[maconulaff]

I'm with sjau - Debian for servers. I would have suggested eBox to meet most all his SBS needs, but they are moving to Ubuntu.... Not my choice for servers.

SME server offers much of the same functionality in an easy to install and configure package. Based on Centos, it is pretty rock solid.

Having moved several NT and W2K domains to linux, the real challenge is migrating the users with the appropriate permissions. The idealx scripts were decent for a Debian from scratch install, but with the pre-fabs like eBox and SME server, installing the scripts can break your install.

Visit http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/ntmigration.html for information on migrating Windows domains.