On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 18:58 -0500, Eric B. wrote: > "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 > Eric, I would also have a look at SME - http://wiki.contribs.org/Main_Page It does most of the things you are looking for out of the box and is based on CentOS. The other thing is to ave a look at the Samba site which has a number of tutorials and case studies. Regards Rob