Author: Rob Malpass Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: [Hampshire] Domain Controllers
Hi all
Can someone tell me please if what I'm trying to do is overcomplicating things? I'm thinking of setting up some sort of domain controller for the Linux part of my network i.e. to have my own (and any other family member's) user area under a remote box as opposed to at present where it's located on each box under /home.
The advantages of this are basically to make a backup I just need to do one thing - back up the server - and it'll be more secure.
This differs from the current arrangement where all important files are copied across to a NAS and backed up when I think about it. So working files are under /home/whoever but it relies on me copying important stuff across to my NAS as and when.
When I was at Uni - there was a "primary YP master" which handled all of this sort of thing but that was (can't quite believe it's so long but it is) 17 years ago and things have probably moved on. Should I still be thinking about setting this sort of thing up?
It's basically a question of - what do I google for? Linux domain controller is just pointing me toward samba sites.
Final question - is this solution going to be any better than my current setup - i.e. I could just put more thought into my NAS configuration? The trouble is my NAS boxes have interfaces that are just so darn bad (NSLU2 and Bufallo Linkstation) that I think anyone that knew anything about security could get in with no problem.
