SADMS tool integrates Linux hosts with Active Directory Domain, improving network management and access control.
SADMS is an incredibly useful tool for administrators who need to integrate their Linux hosts with Windows Active Directory domain. With the help of SADMS, Linux hosts can be turned into Windows domain hosts, and Windows domain users can easily become Linux users. As a domain member, the Linux host can offer resources (shares) to the domain hosts and act as a domain server. Moreover, it offloads authentication to the domain (controllers), meaning there is no need to add local user accounts for domain users.
The software was purpose-built for administrators to take care of the tedious details of configuring a Linux host as an Active Directory (Windows 200x) Domain, which involves modifying quite a few configuration files. Though not an Active Directory controller, the Linux host (which runs on Samba 3) operates as a member of the domain and connects to controllers for user authentication. No local accounts for Active Directory members are required, and communication with Active Directory controllers happens via Kerberos and LDAP, not the NT LAN Manager protocols. PAM can be configured optionally to accept domain users for local interactive sessions on the host, which will act as a workstation.
SADMS comes with some fantastic key features, including configuring Kerberos, Winbind, Samba, the Name Switch Service, and optionally configuring PAM. It also offers features such as synchronizing clocks, joining the server to the Active Directory Domain, building home directories with the correct file permissions, making users' homes and shares, creating advanced group shares, configuring the start of the daemons, installing PAM modules, managing ACLs, and many more. The software requires Kerberos 5, Samba 3, and Python and Tkinter for the GUI front-end, which is optional.
Overall, SADMS is an effective tool for anyone who needs to integrate their Linux hosts with Windows Active Directory domain. Its features are extensive, and it is incredibly intuitive to use. It is a must-have tool for any administrator who works with Linux hosts and Windows domain hosts.
The software was purpose-built for administrators to take care of the tedious details of configuring a Linux host as an Active Directory (Windows 200x) Domain, which involves modifying quite a few configuration files. Though not an Active Directory controller, the Linux host (which runs on Samba 3) operates as a member of the domain and connects to controllers for user authentication. No local accounts for Active Directory members are required, and communication with Active Directory controllers happens via Kerberos and LDAP, not the NT LAN Manager protocols. PAM can be configured optionally to accept domain users for local interactive sessions on the host, which will act as a workstation.
SADMS comes with some fantastic key features, including configuring Kerberos, Winbind, Samba, the Name Switch Service, and optionally configuring PAM. It also offers features such as synchronizing clocks, joining the server to the Active Directory Domain, building home directories with the correct file permissions, making users' homes and shares, creating advanced group shares, configuring the start of the daemons, installing PAM modules, managing ACLs, and many more. The software requires Kerberos 5, Samba 3, and Python and Tkinter for the GUI front-end, which is optional.
Overall, SADMS is an effective tool for anyone who needs to integrate their Linux hosts with Windows Active Directory domain. Its features are extensive, and it is incredibly intuitive to use. It is a must-have tool for any administrator who works with Linux hosts and Windows domain hosts.
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