You've come a long way now. You have pretty much mastered Samba-3 for most uses it can be put to. Up until now, you have cast Samba-3 in the leading role, and where authentication was required, you have used one or another of Samba's many authentication backends (from flat text files with smbpasswd to LDAP directory integration with ldapsam). Now you can design a solution for a new Abmas business. This business is running Windows Server 2003 and Active Directory, and these are to stay. It's time to master implementing Samba and Samba-supported services in a domain controlled by the latest Windows authentication technologies. Let's get started this is leading edge. |