[clue-tech] hard to make a linux DC?

[Mike Bean]

I might end up trying SUSE after all, after some experimentation I'm forced
to conclude that I don't have a compiler to build BIND, and I don't have the
slightest idea how the repos work in red hat.

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Will <will.sterling at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't think you can get Samba to do DNS, maybe WINS?  Wasn't DNS seperate
> in Windows NT Server and got added to the mix with Windows 2000 Server/AD?
>
> Anyways here is a good place to start with Samaba and a DC.  But it only
> addresses authentication.
>
> http://www.oregontechsupport.com/samba/domain-controller.php
>
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 2:50 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu>wrote:
>
>> Also worthy of note on this topic is the Installfest coming up in 8
>> days...
>>
>> David L. Willson
>> Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
>> RHCE MCT MCSE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 NovellCLA UbuntuCP
>> tel://720.333.LANS
>> Freedom is better when you earn it. Learn Linux.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David L. Willson" <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
>> To: "CLUE technical discussion" <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
>> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 2:49:34 PM
>> Subject: Re: [clue-tech] hard to make a linux DC?
>>
>> You don't need a DC for DNS, just DNS. Only in Windows-land are they
>> practically synonymous/inseparable.
>>
>> Pick a distribution. Of the choices you offered, I would probably choose
>> CentOS, but SUSE is easier and I haven't used it in a while, so maybe I'd do
>> that.
>>
>> Then start configuring bind, but how you'll do that will depend on which
>> distribution you chose, how your network is laid out, whether you have or
>> want DHCP, and if so, how that's set up.
>>
>> David L. Willson
>> Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
>> RHCE MCT MCSE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 NovellCLA UbuntuCP
>> tel://720.333.LANS
>> Freedom is better when you earn it. Learn Linux.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Bean" <beandaemon at gmail.com>
>> To: "CLUE technical discussion" <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
>> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 2:06:32 PM
>> Subject: [clue-tech] hard to make a linux DC?
>>
>>
>> OK, I realize this is going to make me kind of a linux idiot, but I'm
>> looking at making a walled off linux "secret-garden" on my home network. I
>> don't think I need Active Directory or DHCP, but I do need DNS/name
>> resolution, so before I stop at the bookstore on the way home, I thought I'd
>> ping the mailing list. Has anyone seen any good useful/newbie-friendly
>> guides for how to create a linux DC? Distro has to be Red Hat/Suse or
>> CentOS.
>>
>>
>> Bean
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