The company I work for has been a Windows only shop for a long time and has recently starting moving towards Linux. We’re growing at fast pace and sustaining our operations remaining a Windows shop will be too expensive. That’s not to say we’re completely ditching MS.
I recently put into service a new server running Ubuntu Server 8.04.1 to host our SVN and continuous build server (Hudson). I was looking for a way to authenticate the server against Active Directory and came across Likewise Open. I was surprised at the simplicity of the whole setup.
- sudo apt-get install likewise-open
- sudo domainjoin-cli join yourdomain.com yourADusername
- sudo update-rc.d likewise-open defaults
- sudo /etc/init.d/likewise-open start
Just make sure to replace yourdomain.com and yourADusername with your own domain name and active directory username. If you’re using a firewall, which you should be, make sure the required TCP/UDP ports are open.
I still need to figure out how to mount network shares automatically. I’ll keep this post updated with my findings.
“I still need to figure out how to mount network shares automatically. ”
That’s what she said