On 07/04/12 14:13, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> On 7 April 2012 13:19, Bryn Jones<hantslug@???> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm bouncing round London and having done some work for a charity while I'm
>> here I have an idea to sort out something out for them.
>>
>> They have a windoze network (without domain just workgroup) with (now) about
>> 12 windoze 7 (oh god it was painful installing those!!!) client machines,
>> acting as standalone workstations.
>>
>> I'd like to implement a domain type infrastructure for them..... but of
>> course without Windoze SBS (barf). Mainly for authentication - Sit at any
>> machine on LAN and log in as yourself, get your stuff.
>>
>> I have some ideas but they're not great!!! (all my others are awesome of
>> course).
>>
>> Thoughts?, suggestions?, general derision?, want to look at my cute dog?.
>>
> There are several aspects to using a Windows Domain.
> 1) Centrally storing files makes backup easier.
> 2) Single Sign on. Able to walk up to any PC and log in with their own
> username/password.
> 3) Group Policy. Able to enforce access restrictions on the Windows Clients.
> 4) Exchange Email/Scheduler.
>
> Open Source Samba can do 1 and 2.
> You will have to look elsewhere for 3. I don't know the answer for 3.
> For 4, you could substitute with various web base open source
> email/scheduler programs.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> James
>
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1 & 2 are core. You seem to have grasped my needs. They cloud Email so
thats all cool. I'll work on calendaring next :)
GPO is nil priority (too small a network to need it).
Bryn
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