Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Ubuntu 8.04 Active Directory: Likewise



According to Canonical's latest news shows, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, excellent progress, the official version will be released on schedule after two days. This is a long-awaited end, and also to another era.

Today, I introduce to you the unique components in Ubuntu 8.04: Likewise.

If you have the impression, you should also remember that in Ubuntu 8.04, will add a component that makes the system able to connect with Microsoft Active Directory. Look: Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Alpha 6: Active Directory and enhanced security

This component is: Likewise, but it is not installed by default, need a friend you can install their own terminal, respectively, CLI and GUI versions can be installed:

sudo apt-get install likewise-open likewise-open-gui

After installation, Ubuntu 8.04 will start the Likewise-open the daemon, and add the system startup daemon in the (/ etc/rc2.d).

So, how to join a Microsoft domain it? Is also very simple:

Command-line method

Enter the following command in the terminal, which your.domain replaced by the name of the domain, username is your user name

sudo domainjoin-cli join your.domain username

Graphic method

In the terminal, enter sudo domainjoin-gui, then it will jump out of a graphical dialog box, as you know how to use:






Since I do not have a Microsoft domain for testing, so I can only show you to this step.

Ubuntu users, according to the foreign reaction, through Likewise, his Ubuntu is not only very convenient to join the Microsoft domain, and identified the DFS file system. If additional SMB, but also set the network printer. Even better, he has the ability to use the Exchange mailbox the Evolution. See also:

Ubuntu 8.04 Active Directory Integration w / Likewise Open

If you have friends to carry out deeper test, please let us know the situation in more detail.

We are very pleased to see that Ubuntu is not only more easy to use, and support better and better, whether it is software or hardware.







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