Deploying Suse Linux Enterprise Server
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Managing Your Server
- Post Configuration Procedures
- Running Applications Remotely
- Administration Applications
- Windows Administration Applications
Windows Administration Applications
When managing Samba, you are also given the option of utilizing Microsoft's tools to manage the Domain's Servers and Users. The tools most commonly used for this are Microsoft's Server Manager, Microsoft's User Manager for Domains and Microsoft's MMC.
There can be many benefits (as well as drawbacks) of utilizing these tools. The majority of deployments that I install that wish to utilize these tools are mainly the ones that are upgrading their server Operating System from Windows NT 4 Server. The primary reason for this is the fact that these exact tools are the ones that are utilized in maintaining the Windows NT Servers.
Using both the Microsoft Server Manager and User Manager for Domains with SLES
However, most of the time the drawbacks outweigh the benefits of utilizing these tools to their full potential. For instance, to be able to add users to the server through the User Manager for Domains you must implement various scripts within the Samba configuration to actually do the work. This may not be what you want (especially if you utilize an LDAP Backend for your Samba Servers). Even if you do create all of the scripts necessary to fully utilize these tools, many times you may wish to have the finer control of doing these tasks that Yast or other "GNU/Linux Based Apps" may offer you (such as specifying the User's Home Directory, etc.).
Note - Even though you may not wish to implement scripts to fully utilize these Windows Tools, you can still utilize these tools for basic tasks. For instance, you can utilize the User Manager for Domains to change the user's password, restrict the "Logon Hours" the user can login from, adjust the workstations the users can log into, etc. All without having to implement any scripts within the Samba configuration.
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