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Samba 4 Preview brings some interesting changes
"Samba 4 supports the server-side of the Active Directory logon environment used by Windows 2000 and later, so we can do full domain join and domain logon operations with these clients," the group said in a statement on its Web site, noting this feature was "the main emphasis" for the new software.
Though Samba supports authentication to a domain currently, it doesn't support many of those newer AD features that are integral to many companies networks. This update brings much of those features along. You now have many of the capabilities of a Windows Server 2003 OS in a single software suite, a good selling point. Potentially, this will lead to more and easier integration of Linux/BSD into the workplace.
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This is a pretty nice feature for linux users. It is a substantial upgrade, and is a plus for linux users. The domain join opertions should be more exciting with this new feature.
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Well, i don't use linux much. Any linux users here that can tell me exactly what that mean? I would guess that it means that the graphics and sucyh, things that windows supports will be coming to linux soon. Which is a very good thing if that is the case. Open, source, free or at least very inexpensive, and practicle.
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Linux users will be happy with this. Good for them.
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[b]Originally posted by nathanskywalker:[/b][quote]Well, i don't use linux much. Any linux users here that can tell me exactly what that mean? I would guess that it means that the graphics and sucyh, things that windows supports will be coming to linux soon. Which is a very good thing if that is the case. Open, source, free or at least very inexpensive, and practicle.[/quote]Samba is an SMB emulation daemon that basically lets you share files and printers between linux and windows. Without Samba you'd need to use FTP or SSH to transfer files, however with samba, you can "browse" to the linux server through "network neighborhood" on a windows computer, map network drives and add printers available only on the linux server. The Active Directory emulation/support that they've added will allow you to use a single login for all machines linux and windows, as well as support a good many other features.
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Nice to see this!
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