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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/AdvancedNetworkManagement.html b/docs/htmldocs/AdvancedNetworkManagement.html deleted file mode 100644 index 7cddecd38c..0000000000 --- a/docs/htmldocs/AdvancedNetworkManagement.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,225 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> -<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 22. Advanced Network Management</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.60.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="SAMBA Project Documentation"><link rel="up" href="optional.html" title="Part III. Advanced Configuration"><link rel="previous" href="winbind.html" title="Chapter 21. Integrated Logon Support using Winbind"><link rel="next" href="PolicyMgmt.html" title="Chapter 23. System and Account Policies"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 22. Advanced Network Management</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="winbind.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part III. Advanced Configuration</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="PolicyMgmt.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="AdvancedNetworkManagement"></a>Chapter 22. Advanced Network Management</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">John</span> <span class="othername">H.</span> <span class="surname">Terpstra</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:jht@samba.org">jht@samba.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">April 3 2003</p></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="AdvancedNetworkManagement.html#id2982630">Features and Benefits</a></dt><dt><a href="AdvancedNetworkManagement.html#id2982661">Remote Server Administration</a></dt><dt><a href="AdvancedNetworkManagement.html#id2981342">Remote Desktop Management</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="AdvancedNetworkManagement.html#id2981359">Remote Management from NoMachines.Com</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="AdvancedNetworkManagement.html#id2981560">Network Logon Script Magic</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="AdvancedNetworkManagement.html#id2981755">Adding printers without user intervention</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="AdvancedNetworkManagement.html#id2981788">Common Errors</a></dt></dl></div><p> -This section documents peripheral issues that are of great importance to network -administrators who want to improve network resource access control, to automate the user -environment, and to make their lives a little easier. -</p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2982630"></a>Features and Benefits</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> -Often the difference between a working network environment and a well appreciated one can -best be measured by the <span class="emphasis"><em>little things</em></span> that makes everything work more -harmoniously. A key part of every network environment solution is the ability to remotely -manage MS Windows workstations, to remotely access the Samba server, to provide customised -logon scripts, as well as other house keeping activities that help to sustain more reliable -network operations. -</p><p> -This chapter presents information on each of these area. They are placed here, and not in -other chapters, for ease of reference. -</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2982661"></a>Remote Server Administration</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> -<span class="emphasis"><em>How do I get 'User Manager' and 'Server Manager'?</em></span> -</p><p> - Since I don't need to buy an <span class="application">NT4 Server</span>, how do I get the 'User Manager for Domains', -the 'Server Manager'? -</p><p> -Microsoft distributes a version of these tools called nexus for installation -on <span class="application">Windows 9x / Me</span> systems. The tools set includes: -</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>Server Manager</td></tr><tr><td>User Manager for Domains</td></tr><tr><td>Event Viewer</td></tr></table><p> -Click here to download the archived file <a href="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/NEXUS.EXE" target="_top">ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/NEXUS.EXE</a> -</p><p> -The <span class="application">Windows NT 4.0</span> version of the 'User Manager for -Domains' and 'Server Manager' are available from Microsoft via ftp -from <a href="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/SRVTOOLS.EXE" target="_top">ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/SRVTOOLS.EXE</a> -</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2981342"></a>Remote Desktop Management</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> -There are a number of possible remote desktop management solutions that range from free -through costly. Do not let that put you off. Sometimes the most costly solutions is the -most cost effective. In any case, you will need to draw your own conclusions as to which -is the best tool in your network environment. -</p><div xmlns:ns78="" class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2981359"></a>Remote Management from NoMachines.Com</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> - The following information was posted to the Samba mailing list at Apr 3 23:33:50 GMT 2003. - It is presented in slightly edited form (with author details omitted for privacy reasons). - The entire answer is reproduced below with some comments removed. - </p><ns78:p> -</ns78:p><pre class="screen"> -> I have a wonderful linux/samba server running as PDC for a network. -> Now I would like to add remote desktop capabilities so that -> users outside could login to the system and get their desktop up from -> home or another country.. -> -> Is there a way to accomplish this? Do I need a windows terminal server? -> Do I need to configure it so that it is a member of the domain or a -> BDC,PDC? Are there any hacks for MS Windows XP to enable remote login -> even if the computer is in a domain? -> -> Any ideas/experience would be appreciated :) -</pre><ns78:p> -</ns78:p><p> - Answer provided: Check out the new offer from NoMachine, "NX" software: - <a href="http://www.nomachine.com/" target="_top">http://www.nomachine.com/</a>. - </p><p> - It implements a very easy-to-use interface to the remote X protocol as - well as incorporating VNC/RFB and rdesktop/RDP into it, but at a speed - performance much better than anything you may have ever seen... - </p><p> - Remote X is not new at all -- but what they did achieve successfully is - a new way of compression and caching technologies which makes the thing - fast enough to run even over slow modem/ISDN connections. - </p><p> - I could test drive their (public) RedHat machine in Italy, over a loaded - internet connection, with enabled thumbnail previews in KDE konqueror - which popped up immediately on "mouse-over". From inside that (remote X) - session I started a rdesktop session on another, a Windows XP machine. - To test the performance, I played Pinball. I am proud to announce here - that my score was 631750 points at first try... - </p><p> - NX performs better on my local LAN than any of the other "pure" - connection methods I am using from time to time: TightVNC, rdesktop or - remote X. It is even faster than a direct crosslink connection between - two nodes. - </p><p> - I even got sound playing from the remote X app to my local boxes, and - had a working "copy'n'paste" from an NX window (running a KDE session - in Italy) to my Mozilla mailing agent... These guys are certainly doing - something right! - </p><p> - I recommend to test drive NX to anybody with a only a remote interest - in remote computing - <a href="http://www.nomachine.com/testdrive.php" target="_top">http://www.nomachine.com/testdrive.php</a>. - </p><p> - Just download the free of charge client software (available for RedHat, - SuSE, Debian and Windows) and be up and running within 5 minutes (they - need to send you your account data, though, because you are assigned - a real Unix account on their testdrive.nomachine.com box... - </p><p> - They plan to get to the point were you can have NX application servers - running as a cluster of nodes, and users simply start an NX session locally, - and can select applications to run transparently (apps may even run on - another NX node, but pretend to be on the same as used for initial login, - because it displays in the same window.... well, you also can run it - fullscreen, and after a short time you forget that it is a remote session - at all). - </p><p> - Now the best thing at the end: all the core compression and caching - technologies are released under the GPL and available as source code - to anybody who wants to build on it! These technologies are working, - albeit started from the command line only (and very inconvenient to - use in order to get a fully running remote X session up and running....) - </p><p> - To answer your questions: - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p> - You don't need to install a terminal server; XP has RDP support built in. - </p></li><li><p> - NX is much cheaper than Citrix -- and comparable in performance, probably faster - </p></li><li><p> - You don't need to hack XP -- it just works - </p></li><li><p> - You log into the XP box from remote transparently (and I think there is no - need to change anything to get a connection, even if authentication is against a domain) - </p></li><li><p> - The NX core technologies are all Open Source and released under the GPL -- - you can today use a (very inconvenient) commandline to use it at no cost, - but you can buy a comfortable (proprietary) NX GUI frontend for money - </p></li><li><p> - NoMachine are encouraging and offering help to OSS/Free Software implementations - for such a frontend too, even if it means competition to them (they have written - to this effect even to the LTSP, KDE and GNOME developer mailing lists) - </p></li></ul></div></div></div><div xmlns:ns79="" class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2981560"></a>Network Logon Script Magic</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> -This section needs work. Volunteer contributions most welcome. Please send your patches or updates -to <a href="mailto:jht@samba.org" target="_top">John Terpstra</a>. -</p><p> -There are several opportunities for creating a custom network startup configuration environment. -</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>No Logon Script</td></tr><tr><td>Simple universal Logon Script that applies to all users</td></tr><tr><td>Use of a conditional Logon Script that applies per user or per group attributes</td></tr><tr><td>Use of Samba's Preexec and Postexec functions on access to the NETLOGON share to create - a custom Logon Script and then execute it.</td></tr><tr><td>User of a tool such as KixStart</td></tr></table><p> -The Samba source code tree includes two logon script generation/execution tools. -See <tt class="filename">examples</tt> directory <tt class="filename">genlogon</tt> and -<tt class="filename">ntlogon</tt> subdirectories. -</p><p> -The following listings are from the genlogon directory. -</p><ns79:p> -This is the <tt class="filename">genlogon.pl</tt> file: - -</ns79:p><pre class="programlisting"> - #!/usr/bin/perl - # - # genlogon.pl - # - # Perl script to generate user logon scripts on the fly, when users - # connect from a Windows client. This script should be called from smb.conf - # with the %U, %G and %L parameters. I.e: - # - # root preexec = genlogon.pl %U %G %L - # - # The script generated will perform - # the following: - # - # 1. Log the user connection to /var/log/samba/netlogon.log - # 2. Set the PC's time to the Linux server time (which is maintained - # daily to the National Institute of Standard's Atomic clock on the - # internet. - # 3. Connect the user's home drive to H: (H for Home). - # 4. Connect common drives that everyone uses. - # 5. Connect group-specific drives for certain user groups. - # 6. Connect user-specific drives for certain users. - # 7. Connect network printers. - - # Log client connection - #($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime(time); - ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime(time); - open LOG, ">>/var/log/samba/netlogon.log"; - print LOG "$mon/$mday/$year $hour:$min:$sec - User $ARGV[0] logged into $ARGV[1]\n"; - close LOG; - - # Start generating logon script - open LOGON, ">/shared/netlogon/$ARGV[0].bat"; - print LOGON "\@ECHO OFF\r\n"; - - # Connect shares just use by Software Development group - if ($ARGV[1] eq "SOFTDEV" || $ARGV[0] eq "softdev") - { - print LOGON "NET USE M: \\\\$ARGV[2]\\SOURCE\r\n"; - } - - # Connect shares just use by Technical Support staff - if ($ARGV[1] eq "SUPPORT" || $ARGV[0] eq "support") - { - print LOGON "NET USE S: \\\\$ARGV[2]\\SUPPORT\r\n"; - } - - # Connect shares just used by Administration staff - If ($ARGV[1] eq "ADMIN" || $ARGV[0] eq "admin") - { - print LOGON "NET USE L: \\\\$ARGV[2]\\ADMIN\r\n"; - print LOGON "NET USE K: \\\\$ARGV[2]\\MKTING\r\n"; - } - - # Now connect Printers. We handle just two or three users a little - # differently, because they are the exceptions that have desktop - # printers on LPT1: - all other user's go to the LaserJet on the - # server. - if ($ARGV[0] eq 'jim' - || $ARGV[0] eq 'yvonne') - { - print LOGON "NET USE LPT2: \\\\$ARGV[2]\\LJET3\r\n"; - print LOGON "NET USE LPT3: \\\\$ARGV[2]\\FAXQ\r\n"; - } - else - { - print LOGON "NET USE LPT1: \\\\$ARGV[2]\\LJET3\r\n"; - print LOGON "NET USE LPT3: \\\\$ARGV[2]\\FAXQ\r\n"; - } - - # All done! Close the output file. - close LOGON; -</pre><ns79:p> -</ns79:p><p> -Those wishing to use more elaborate or capable logon processing system should check out the following sites: -</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td><a href="http://www.craigelachie.org/rhacer/ntlogon" target="_top">http://www.craigelachie.org/rhacer/ntlogon</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.kixtart.org" target="_top">http://www.kixtart.org</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.asp?scid=kb;en-us;189105" target="_top">http://support.microsoft.com/default.asp?scid=kb;en-us;189105</a></td></tr></table><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2981755"></a>Adding printers without user intervention</h3></div></div><div></div></div><ns79:p> -Printers may be added automatically during logon script processing through the use of: - -</ns79:p><pre class="programlisting"> - rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /? -</pre><ns79:p> - -See the documentation in the <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.asp?scid=kb;en-us;189105" target="_top">Microsoft knowledgebase article no: 189105</a>. -</ns79:p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2981788"></a>Common Errors</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> -The information provided in this chapter has been reproduced from postings on the samba@samba.org -mailing list. No implied endorsement or recommendation is offered. Administrators should conduct -their own evaluation of alternatives and are encouraged to draw their own conclusions. -</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="winbind.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="optional.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="PolicyMgmt.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 21. Integrated Logon Support using Winbind </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 23. System and Account Policies</td></tr></table></div></body></html> |