Hey all, sorry for the low level question, but basically I’m looking for the easiest way to set up something like a Windows AD. This would be for something like 10 computers at a local church where I do a lot of their infrastructure work. Is also be interested in sound something similar on my home network, but a while directory is probably overkill. And any suggestions on learnings or other suggestions appreciated!

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    3 months ago

    Depends, what are you going to use it for? Just authentication? OpenLDAP if so. If you want a full AD equivalent, it’s still AD via Samba.

    What are the church’s requirements?

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      3 months ago

      Right, so the church itself has no idea what they want/need. I’m basically doing all this set up for free, just so I can say I’ve done it. What I was really hoping for was authentication, but also group policy management and file share. Thanks for the response!

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        3 months ago

        Non profits qualify for 10 free business premium licenses with MS. Hopefully a Linux cloud provider has something similar. You don’t want to have to go back to the church every week right?

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        3 months ago

        The church being a nonprofit organization may be able to get GSuite for a super low cost or free.