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Scalable Linux IT Solutions

File Server | Linux PDC | Print Server | Mac Integration

Linux Samba can be configured to provide file sharing service, domain and network logon service (main functionality of a Primary Domain Controller) and print spooling service. Linux is free, secure, and better for online backup solution with automatic e-mail reporting and notification capability. Windows is too expensive to most businesses. Linux is a perfect Windows server replacement solution. With RedAnt's scalable Linux solutions, medium sized businesses in Metro Vancouver area now have another choice to run their IT.


Linux functions as a file sharing server

lake is the Linux Samba file server


Linux Samba as a Windows PDC

Samba is the PDC for the ARTCRFT domain


Samba as a CUPS Raw Print-Through Spooling Server

Samba as a CUPS Raw Print-Through Spooling server

Why RedAnt Linux Solutions are Scalable

  • We have Cisco certified network professionals who are on the network design track
  • We design scalable network architecture
  • We use OpenLDAP as the Samba password backend. The LDAP architecture was designed to be highly scalable.
    • passdb backend = ldapsam:"ldaps://ldapSvrA.artcrft.com"
  • OpenLDAP availability and reliability is through OpenLDAP replication
    • syncrepl rid=0; provider=ldaps://ldapSvrA.artcrft.com
  • Samba PDC, and the fact Samba password is in sync with the unix password through PAM, provides Single Sign-On (SSO)
    • password optional pam_smbpass.so nullok use_authtok try_first_pass
  • The Linux Samba box can be managed through SSH
  • All the operations (access or replication) is through ldaps, so it is secure