[CentOS] Re: SMB server with CentOS 4
Ugo Bellavance
ugob at camo-route.com
Tue Dec 6 14:30:43 UTC 2005
Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 08:11, Karanbir Singh wrote:
>> Les Mikesell wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 05:31, Karanbir Singh wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ugo Bellavance wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> Open Filer? I haven't used it but it's based on CentOS:
>>>>>>> www.openfiler.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unfortunately, it doesn't provide the
>>>>>> authentication/authorization aspect that he needs. He'd need
>>>>>> a 2nd server for that.
>>>>>
>>>>> This looks like an interesting project. The problem with it is that it
>>>>> is a whole distro, so I can't have auth on the same server?
>>>> nothing stopping you from actually ssh'ing in and setting up openldap if
>>>> you like.. on the same box. But the gui frontend for openfiler, at this
>>>> stage, will not help you with the process.
>>>
>>> It would be a great addition to that project though. Or to
>>> the Centos-based SMEserver if you add NFS too. Then you could
>>> build one box where you add users and get home directories
>>> and use any number of other Linux or windows workstations
>>> where anyone could log in with network authentication and
>>> have his home directory auto-mounted.
>>>
>> NFS support has been in OpenFiler as long as I can remember.
>>
>> As is ftp, webdav and smb.
>
> I meant that SMEserver needs NFS. It already has the
> SMB server and web-based user management suitable
> for windows clients. I think you can drop in the
> stock Centos RPMs on the version 7 beta to add it
> back but then you still need network authentication
> for Linux/unix clients.
>
Guys, the server is already a CentOS server, so I would rather not have
to re-install an OS.
Thanks,
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