Ubuntu 9.04 Samba Server Integrated With Active Directory

[ Thanks to Falko Timme for this link. ]

"Now first things first. We need to install a few apps before we can proceed with the configuration. So in order to install anything you have to make sure you type sudo every time , but it is annoying every time to type sudo. So what I usually do is:

username@ubuntuserver:~$ sudo su

In the prompt just type the password for the current username. Then you will get this:

root@ubuntuserver:/home/username# 

Now we need to install samba, krb5-user and winbind. To do this just type:"

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