Opensuse as a domain controller

[Heeter]

Hi all,

Been using Opensuse as a desktop for over a year now. I am wondering if Opensuse can be a reliable Domain controller? Maybe even a thin client setup with opensuse desktop workstations.

I would like to replace an existing Windows Server 2003 domain controller.

Is there a howto, maybe not for opensuse in particular but linux domain controller in general?

Thanks in advance

Heeter

[ikaros]

In general, you could use Samba as a domain controller but of course it doesn't have the features of Server 2003 (and Active Directory in particular) like group policies. A better solution, since you are using Opensuse in the clients, is Zenworks (http://www.novell.com/products/zenworks/configurationmanagement/).

You could also check out: Likewise software (http://www.likewisesoftware.com/), Howto setup SUSE 10.3 as Samba PDC (http://en.opensuse.org/Howto_setup_SUSE_10.3_as_Samba_PDC), Howto LDAP server (http://en.opensuse.org/Howto_LDAP_server), Howto LDAP userAuth (http://en.opensuse.org/Howto_LDAP_userAuth)

I am interested in the opposite problem. Having a linux-based domain controller for Windows clients.

[Heeter]

Awesome, Thanks for your response, Ikaros


Will do some more reading..........


Heeter