"Shibu C Varughese" <shibucv at itmission.org> wrote in message news:4739E414.4060504 at itmission.org... >> My question is the following. I've been searching online for a good >> reference to describe good practices when building a linux network, but >> haven't really been able to find much when it comes to best practices for >> user administration, ACLs, "optimal" (or recommended) file locations, >> etc. For example, I know I need an LDAP server, but not sure how that >> ties into system login, or how to use a Linux LDAP server as the basis >> for a primary domain controller (is it still called that given Windows AD >> world?), etc. Or even how to properly create group structures and ACLs >> that accurately reflect group ownership/etc. The octal permissions at >> the file level are only good enough for a single group; I need to give >> multiple groups different permissions on the same files, etc. >> >> I realize that there are a lot of questions that I need to research, but >> I was hoping someone could point me in the direction of some advanced >> admin docs with best practices, etc. Most of the stuff I find relates on >> how to set up a basic standalone PC, without any reference to how to >> network together a bunch of servers running off central authentication, >> etc... >> > > Eric, > > if you are thinking of setting up ldap, email, address book ...etc.. all > in one go ... then you need to test out ...something like zimbra from > zimbra.com > Thanks for the input; I have already looked at Zimbra, and it looks like a very interesting soln for me once I have everything else set up. I see Zimbra as a nice group-ware pkg, but not as something to help me with user-authentication to the server (for shell access), setting up file permissions, shares, SMB permissions/shares, etc, etc, etc. Tx! Eric