Eric B. wrote:
Hi,
I've been running Linux as a workstation OS for years, and have been dealing
with Windows networks and standalone Linux servers for a while now.
However, the time has come for me to complete redo the server installation
and am looking to move to a complete CentOS install base, with only Windows
workstations.
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...
Thanks for the advice!
Eric
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
--
Shibu
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"Quality is truly a state of mind"
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