Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 08:33:55 +0000 From: Michael Howard <sniffer@dewberryfields.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Centralized user/group/whatever management Message-ID: <fc467be1-6a08-9492-7b07-1ee05dc068ed@dewberryfields.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20200314060747.GH27346@admin.sibptus.ru> References: <20200313091923.GA98495@admin.sibptus.ru> <20200313143130.GA68871@geeks.org> <96ed1afa-e0e1-51a2-997b-e95097a1d0b4@gmx.net> <20200314060747.GH27346@admin.sibptus.ru>
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On 14/03/2020 06:07, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Michael Osipov wrote: >> Am 2020-03-13 um 15:31 schrieb Doug McIntyre: >>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 04:19:23PM +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote: >>>> Do you think there exists a modern solution for centralized user/group/... >>>> management compatible with FreeBSD and Linux? >>> I think the best combination is probably a Windows AD setup, with >>> FreeBSD/Linux clients attaching to it. (Although I still do external DNS >>> importing the AD objects into it, really can't stand windows DNS). >>> >>> This does work really seamless, the GUI tools are well utilized. >>> >>> It really gets you the hard part (LDAP, Kerberos) in a pretty easy to >>> use package. I don't know how many hours I've spent on OpenLDAP >>> getting it to work with things, and management packages for OpenLDAP >>> are pretty sucky overall. >> I agree here with Doug, as strange as it sounds, Samba is your best bet. >> When you provision your domain you shall enable the POSIX extensions. It >> will create all GECOS stuff. pam_winbind is also nice. > So pam_winbind it is, if you want to use AD for user/group management? > Does winbindd not crash any more under FreeBSD? > > Do you need to also enable winbind somehow in nsswitch.conf? > >> One must simply admit that Active Directory is a wellthought system not >> just for Unix. You may join your machines either with Samba, more easily >> with msktutil (disclainer, I am a maintainer) with works flawlessly on >> FreeBSD. > I'll certainly look at it if I have to integrate FreeBSD into Windows AD. > > However first I'd like to find a free, open source solution for a > Unix-only office. Hope it will not eventually come to buying a Windows > server to manage Linux and FreeBSD workstations. > Samba is free and open source. Absolutely no need to buy MS Windows. -- Michael Howard
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