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Ask Slashdot: Is Samba4 a Viable Alternative To Active Directory?
First time accepted submitter BluPhenix316 writes "I'm currently in school for Network Administration. I was discussing Linux with my instructor and he said the problem he has with Linux is he doesn't know of a good alternative to Active Directory. I did some research and from what I've read Samba4 seems very promising. What are your thoughts?"
Wait - I must be missing something. Since when is Windows open source?
You really don't compare an open source project to a proprietary one like that. Apples and orange anyone?
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Oh... because the so called reference design of MS AD (Windows Server) is so damn excellent ?
MS AD S U C K S !!!
1. It is NOT server independent (certain DCs has specific roles in the AD and you may be in deep shit when some of them are unavailable)
2. Replication is a mess and is even worse when you use GPOs
3. If you modify your AD any update to it may destroy the whole setup (and removing the update will usually not help)
4. Terminal Server licenses are integrated in the AD... when there are problems due to 1, 2 or 3 you can't use Terminal Server
5. NEVER run AD with only ONE DC... but then you've got problems with 2
6. Replication is even worse when DC are running different versions of Windows... even just one version apart
7. GPO are "well integrated" in AD so yes any GPO problem mentioned here is in fact an AD problem
8. GPOs are not consistent, they are version dependent, I need a separate GPO for 2003 and 2008 and IE 7 and IE 8 and IE 9... just for to do the same thing!!! FUCK!!
AND it has been like that since Windows 2000. ...and every fucking time a new Windows Server arrives everything is changed.