Hi, I am a newbie with FDS and LDAP and I would like to ask for some suggestions. My LAN consists of Windows XP workstations and laptops, File server (capable of UNIX NIS), Linux servers, Open Exchange server (LDAP). Currently, each user use their assigned PCs. There are computers in the lab and some laptops in conference rooms and they have shared accounts to use them. There are no need for roaming profiles. My users store their files locally on their PCs and file server. I would like to unify their accounts so that they only need at most 2 accounts + 2 passwords (1 for Open Exchange and 1 for their assigned PCs + file server + Linux Shell accounts), for the computers in the lab and conference rooms only people with access will have access to special accounts. With my environment, I want Windows (PCs + laptops) to authenticate directly to FDS and not through SAMBA with the help of pGina. I can set up Linux server to authenticate directly to FDS. However, I am wondering about my file server because this file server is commercial product and it is only capable of doing UNIX NIS or Windows AD. I do not want any Windows server in my LAN, so ... Will I be able to integrate this file server to the FDS server? In my environment, SAMBA would only be used for print server and it could be on the same box with FDS. Do you see any problems here? Should I also connect SAMBA to FDS for printer access? I do not care much about other fancy things of PDC, however, I am afraid that I might not see all the benefits of having FDS + SAMBA = PDC setup. Could someone tell me what you think of my environments? Should I go with or without PDC? What is best suited for my environments? Thank you for any suggestions. NN. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
