FlexBeta: Fighting the FUD--Deploying Novell's Linux Server in a Windows Domain Environment

"With all the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) still being generated relating to GNU/Linux not being a viable Operating System for Authentication/File serving, along with all the email I receive asking how to setup a Samba server as a replacement for a Windows 2003 Server, I have decided to write a small article showing the steps to utilize Novell's SLES9 (Suse Linux Enterprise Server) as a Primary Domain Controller for a Windows Network.

"In a previous article here on flexbeta, titled 'SLES9 vs Win2k3' you find that for a small LAN, SLES9 not only outperforms Windows 2003, but it is also available at a fraction of the cost..."

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