Windows and Linux Integration : Hands-On Solutions for a Mixed Environment

by Moskowitz, Jeremy; Boutell, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780782144284
• ISBN10: 0782144284
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-30
• Publisher: Sybex

Summary

For all those who talk of a war between Windows and Linux, there are others-like yourself-who ask, "Can't we all just work together?" As Windows & Linux Integration demonstrates, it's possible, and a lot easier than you think.

Author Biography

Jeremy Moskowitz (MVP, MCSE) is founder of Moskowitz, Inc. (www.Moskowitz-inc.com), a provider of consulting and training services for Windows and Linux. He is the author of Group Policy, Profiles and IntelliMirror, also from Sybex, and a contributor to REDMOND Magazine, Windows IT Pro, TechNet Magazine, Linux Magazine, and TechTarget.com.

Tom Boutell is president of Boutell.Com, Inc., a software development, consulting, and web hosting firm with a Linux and cross-platform focus. Tom is the author of the open-source gd library, a basic building block of many well-known open-source software packages. He is also the author of CGI Programming in C and Perl and the original World Wide Web FAQ.

Jeremy and Tom manage www.WinLinAnswers.com, where you can get answers to your toughest Windows/Linux integration questions.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xvi
Installation and Getting Around	1	(70)
The Story and the Roadmap	2	(3)
Installing Windows	5	(14)
Windows Server 2003 + SP1 and Windows XP + SP2: The Right Windows (at Least for This Book)	6	(4)
Beginning the Windows 2003 Installation	10	(5)
Post-Installation Tasks	15	(4)
Installing Linux	19	(33)
Fedora Core 3: The Distribution We're Suggesting for This Book	20	(1)
Installing Fedora Linux	21	(23)
Leveraging Webmin	44	(8)
Active Directory under One Roof	52	(14)
Using Linux to Create a DNS Server and a Delegated Subdomain	52	(5)
Setting an Authoritative Time Source for Linux	57	(1)
Installing Your Active Directory	58	(4)
Managing Windows DNS	62	(2)
Post Active Directory Installation Tasks	64	(2)
Getting Around	66	(3)
Getting Around in Windows	66	(2)
Getting Around in Linux	68	(1)
Final Thoughts	69	(2)
Linux Authentication Services	71	(76)
Authentication to NIS	74	(14)
Creating a Linux-Based NIS Server	76	(4)
Authenticating Linux Clients to the NIS Server	80	(4)
Authenticating Windows Clients to the NIS Server	84	(2)
Checkout: Using NIS for Authentication	86	(2)
Authentication to OpenLDAP	88	(29)
Setting up an OpenLDAP Server on Linux	88	(14)
Using Webmin to Manage OpenLDAP Server Graphically	102	(14)
Checkout: Using OpenLDAP for Your Authentication	116	(1)
Authentication to Samba as a PDC	117	(28)
Option 1: Samba Storing Accounts in tdbsam	120	(1)
Option 2: Samba Storing Accounts in OpenLDAP	120	(20)
Joining the Samba Server to Its Own Domain	140	(1)
If Samba Doesn't Work	140	(1)
Using NT 4 Old-School Tools to Manage Samba Users and Computers	141	(2)
Joining a Windows Workstation to the Domain	143	(1)
Logging into a Windows Workstation via Samba PDC Authentication	143	(1)
Checkout: To Create a Linux PDC	144	(1)
Final Thoughts	145	(2)
Authenticating Linux Clients to Active Directory	147	(48)
Preparing Active Directory for User Logins	148	(2)
Creating Active Directory Organizational Units (OUs)	148	(1)
Creating Active Directory User Accounts	149	(1)
Creating Active Directory Group Accounts	149	(1)
Authenticating Windows Clients to Active Directory	149	(1)
Using Standard Active Directory for Linux Authentication (via Winbind)	150	(11)
authconfig: The First 90 Percent of the Journey	154	(2)
There's Something about PAM	156	(2)
Samba/Winbind Configuration	158	(3)
Extending Active Directory with Unix/Linux Information	161	(7)
Possible ways to extend Active Directory	162	(1)
Services for Unix 3.5 Components and Installation	163	(4)
How to Unix-Enable Your Active Directory Users and Groups	167	(1)
Using Extended Active Directory for Linux Authentication	168	(12)
Setting the Stage for Active Directory/LDAP Requests and Authentication	169	(3)
Setting up a User Who Can ``Touch'' Active Directory	172	(1)
Configuring the LDAP Client with the Fedora Authentication Tool	173	(1)
Achieving Compatibility with SFU-Enhanced Active Directory	174	(4)
Making Home Directories on the Fly	178	(1)
Logging into Active Directory Using Linux via LDAP	179	(1)
Checkout	180	(1)
The Extra Mile: SSL Encryption of LDAP Traffic between Linux and Active Directory	180	(9)
Ensuring the OpenLDAP Client Supports SSL with Active Directory	181	(2)
Enabling SSL for LDAP on the Active Directory Server	183	(5)
Configuring the Linux OpenLDAP Client to Use SSL	188	(1)
Commercial Interoperability Products	189	(4)
VAS by Vintela	190	(1)
DirectControl by Centrify	190	(2)
Synchronized Peer Directories	192	(1)
Final Thoughts	193	(2)
File Sharing between Windows and Linux	195	(70)
Having Windows Clients Utilize Windows File Shares	197	(1)
Having Linux Clients Utilize Windows File Shares	198	(13)
Kerberos Authentication and Windows File Sharing	198	(3)
Using Windows File Shares	201	(10)
Samba as a PDC: File Sharing, Roaming Profiles	211	(11)
Sharing Folders with Samba	212	(2)
Sharing Home Drivers and Roaming Profiles with Samba	214	(8)
Integrating Linux Samba File Servers into Windows Active Directory	222	(14)
Installing Linux on adsambafp1	223	(1)
Adding a DNS Record for adsambafp1	224	(1)
Configuring Samba as a Domain Member	224	(3)
Joining the Active Directory Domain	227	(1)
Creating and Using Shares with Windows ACL Support	228	(6)
Browsing Our Shares from a Windows Workstation	234	(1)
If It Doesn't Work	235	(1)
Leveraging NFS on Your Servers	236	(24)
Setting up a Linux NFS Server	236	(6)
Connecting Linux NFS Clients to Linux NFS Servers	242	(2)
Having Windows Clients Locate NFS Servers	244	(4)
Leveraging NFS Exports on Your Windows Server for a Unified Windows and Linux Home Drive	248	(12)
Creating a Unified DFS Space	260	(3)
DFS Types	260	(1)
Implementing a DFS for Our Active Directory Users	260	(3)
Final Thoughts	263	(2)
Printer Sharing between Windows and Linux	265	(42)
Leveraging Windows Printers	265	(15)
Setting up a Windows Printer	265	(7)
Performing Printing Tests	272	(8)
Leveraging Linux Printers	280	(19)
Understanding Linux Printing	280	(6)
Setting up a Linux Printer	286	(5)
Performing Printing Tests	291	(8)
Leveraging Active Directory	299	(6)
Publishing Printers into Active Directory	300	(3)
Searching for Printers in Active Directory	303	(2)
Final Thoughts	305	(2)
Practical Windows Exchange and Linux Postfix E-mail Integration	307	(46)
Linux As a Departmental Mail Server	309	(4)
Installing Postfix on linserv1.corp.com	310	(1)
Configuring Postfix on linserv1.corp.com	311	(1)
Testing the Linux-Based Departmental Mail Server	312	(1)
Installing Exchange (a Quick-Start Guide)	313	(5)
Exchange Editions	314	(1)
Server Setup Suggestions	314	(1)
Extending the Active Directory Schema for Exchange	315	(1)
Common Exchange Tasks	315	(3)
Unified Linux and Exchange Delivery (with Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus)	318	(34)
What a Front-End MTA Does for Us	321	(2)
Exchange Reconfiguration Tasks	323	(2)
Postfix Departmental Server Reconfiguration Tasks	325	(2)
Setting up a DNS MX Record for mail.corp.com	327	(2)
Installing Fedora on the Front-End Mail Server with the Postfix and SpamAssassin Packages	329	(1)
Installing Clam Anti-Virus	329	(1)
Installing MailScanner	330	(1)
Configuring Postfix As a Front-End MTA	331	(5)
Installing and Configuring the build-transport-maps.pl Script	336	(10)
Configuring MailScanner: Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus Capabilities for Your Front-End MTA	346	(2)
Launching MailScanner and Postfix	348	(1)
Testing Our Front-End MTA	348	(4)
Final Thoughts	352	(1)
Application and Desktop Compatibility	353	(30)
Making Windows Run Linux Applications	353	(13)
OpenCD 2	354	(1)
Unix Tools within Windows	354	(4)
Wholesale Linux (and PC) Emulation on Windows	358	(8)
Making Linux Run Windows Applications	366	(6)
Wholesale PC Emulation within Linux	367	(2)
Binary-Compatible Windows emulation on Linux	369	(3)
Making Nice at the Office	372	(9)
Microsoft Office vs. StarOffice vs. OpenOffice	372	(3)
Accessing Exchange with a Web Browser	375	(1)
Evolution	376	(3)
Linux-Hosted Calendaring Servers	379	(1)
Linux Client and Stand-Alone Calendar Software	380	(1)
Final Thoughts	381	(2)
Remote, Terminal, and Assisted Computing for Windows and Linux	383	(42)
Remote, Terminal, and Assisted Computing Terms and Definitions	383	(4)
Remote, Terminal, and Assisted Computing for Windows Hosts	387	(16)
Remote Computing for Windows Hosts	387	(6)
Terminal Computing for Windows 2003 (Windows and Linux Users Running Windows Applications Remotely)	393	(3)
Assisted Computing for Windows Hosts (Linux Users Helping Windows Users)	396	(7)
Remote, Terminal, and Assisted Computing for Linux Hosts	403	(20)
Remote Computing for Linux Hosts	404	(14)
Terminal Computing for Linux Hosts via LTSP	418	(2)
Assisted Computing for Linux Hosts	420	(3)
Final Thoughts	423	(2)
Windows and Linux Network Interoperability	425	(44)
Integrating Windows and Linux DNS	425	(15)
Housing Active Directory DNS Records on Linux DNS Servers	426	(6)
Setting up a Linux Branch Office DNS Server	432	(8)
Creating Trusts between Samba and Active Directory Domains	440	(5)
Upgrading Samba, If Needed	440	(2)
Samba-Side Trust Creation	442	(1)
Active Directory-Side Trust Creation	443	(1)
Ensuring corp Users Can Long on to a Windows XP Computer (joined to the ad.corp.com domain)	444	(1)
A Cross-Platform VPN with PPTP	445	(21)
Linux and Windows Road Warriors: Connecting via PPTP	445	(4)
Setting up Windows 2003 PPTP Server	449	(9)
Connecting to the VPN with a Linux Client	458	(8)
Final Thoughts	466	(3)
Web Interoperability	469	(40)
Web Server and Browser Basics	471	(3)
Rendering Web Pages to the Screen	471	(1)
Handling Form Submissions	472	(1)
Interactivity on the Browser Side	472	(1)
Open Standards for Web Content	472	(2)
Plug-Ins and Helper Applications for Special Content	474	(1)
Web Browser Interoperability	474	(2)
Static Website Interoperability	476	(7)
Setting Up Our Web Servers: IIS and Apache	477	(1)
Static Website Interoperability: ``Gotchas'' When Moving Content Between Servers	478	(5)
Running Windows Web Applications on Linux...and Linux Web Applications on Windows	483	(25)
Running Linux PHP Applications on Windows IIS Servers	484	(11)
Running Windows ASP & ASP.NET Web Applications on Linux Servers	495	(13)
Final Thoughts	508	(1)
Index	509