Re: migrating to linux

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

hussein4 link net wrote:
> Dear all;
>
>  i want  to migrate my servers from microsoft os to redhat linux  leaving  
> client pc at  the moment  with microsoft 
>    i use windows 2000 / active directory / isa / exchange 2000 /iis/
>    ftp / file  servers  
>   the problem  is i find ldap server very complicated to install /  
> configure   
>    can i use only samba server as file sharing / authentication server 
>   for all  these service in this mixed mode ?

Uh, yes and no.  Samba can be used as a domain controller, but to get
the full username/password storage stuff to work the same, you'll have
to learn LDAP.  After all, ADS is M$'s version of LDAP.

I might recommend you visit the Samba website for more information:

http://www.samba.org
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