[nycbug-talk] FreeNAS as a windows domain controller, and off the shelf FreeNAS devices

[Mark Saad]

Justin

--- On Fri, 8/6/10, Justin Dearing <zippy1981 at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Justin Dearing <zippy1981 at gmail.com>
Subject: [nycbug-talk] FreeNAS as a windows domain controller, and off the shelf FreeNAS  devices
To: "talk" <talk at lists.nycbug.org>
Date: Friday, August 6, 2010, 6:50 PM

Hi,
I'm considering FreeNAS. My main concern is windows domain controller support. 
I know it runs Samba, so it can be made to work as a domain controller. The question is, does it work out of the box, where I can click an LDAP check box, a Samba Checkbox, and have a windows domain controller. If that's not the case, I might as well just install a stock BSD on the server.
 
I don't believe that FreeNAS has a ldap server built in. I think the ldap options are there for you to have the built in samba use ldap auth from an external server. 

Gutting FreeNAS to make a LDAP appliance would be a cool idea , anyone interested ?


Finally, has anyone bought a device with FreeNAS preinstalled?
Justin Dearing

While I have not personally purchased one I know iXSystems uses it on their higher-end nas devices.   




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