RE: RHEL PDC

["Waldher, Travis R" <Travis R Waldher boeing com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-bounces redhat com [mailto:redhat-install-
> list-bounces redhat com] On Behalf Of Lupo, Kelly
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 8:49 PM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: RHEL PDC
> 
> Are there any Liux-newb-friendly guides for setting up a primary domain
> controller using RHEL of any version (or any RH-based distro - at this
> point I'll take what I can get), beginning from the install of the OS,
> and going all the way through to configuring Samba, LDAP, etc?  There
> are quite a few just for setting up Samba and such for a server with
> Linux already on it, but I was looking more for something that began at
> the beginning; which packages need to be selected for install and such.
> (Hopefully nipping any dependency issues before they crop up...)
> 
> Any advice is greatly appreciated!  I've set up DC's on Windows and
> worked with Active Directory, but I'm having some trouble getting
> started on the Linux side.  (And if this isn't really the right place
> to ask this sort of question, please let me know...  I just found this
> list this morning...  Normally I lurk a while before asking
> questions...  :))
> 
> Ultimately, I'd really like to have two separate domains (one all
> Linux, the other all Windows), coexisting side-by-side (via VMware),
> both with domain controllers, mail servers, web servers, et. al.  :)
> (Just for fun and learning...  Hey, I'm ambitious, what can I say...
> lol)
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> Kelly
> 
> 
> ---
> Kelly Lupo
> Field Technician
> 

I am attempting to get LDAP setup now and went for the GUI approach.

I'll let you know when I get this working.  The LDAP part is supposedly working, but I was going for a GUI to manage LDAP (command line LDAP is cumbersome) and landed in a GLIB/GTK compiling nightmare.  Seems you can't compile GTK without first upgrading GTK, which means compiling GTK, which I can't because.... My desk has a forehead sized dent in it now.