I have a question regarding user’s folder and shared folder access when using NS as DC-AD/File Server.
There are two kind of folders that can be created using NS as DC-AD/File Server:
user’s folder which is created when a new user is added: user.name@domain.tld
shared folder which is created for sharing in the network: could be: user_name
The user’s folder is visible only for the user when is logged to the domain.
The shared folder is visible and accessible, let’s talk about this case, for anyone connected to the network (domain members and guests).
There is any possibility using NS as DC-AD/File Server, to view and access all user’s folders and all shared folders, as administrator, from File Explorer, like in Windows?
Even if you use NS as DC-AD/File server at home, you will want to protect your children by their “youth mistakes” and you will want to see what they do.
But, I always talk about NS as a professional product.
In a company network, there are no “private data”.
If you may have access to personal email, cloud, …, all those have nothing in common with company data.
All data in the network are property of the company.
The access to those data is hierarchically.
As system administrator, as the most trust person in the company, you need to have access to all, for different tasks.
In a small company, where the owner is also sys admin, he must have full access to all data.
In Windows, when you create a new folder, there are from start some “users” that have full permission to this folder (SYSTEM, Administrators) and others with limited permissions (Authenticated Users, Users).
Always, you can restrict or expand those permissions and/or add new “users” with proper permissions to this folder.
I still use Windows servers in some points of my network.
Some of these servers cannot be replaced with Linux Servers (NS Server) because of their specific functions.
But one of them, the PDC/AD/File server, can be replaced but only if it will do the same things as the Windows server. At least all regarding how to manage file and folders, user accounts, computers: rights, restrictions, policies.
I can live without Windows Printer server facilities.
I think there are many as me who came from Windows and want to use NS.
We are accustomed to the facilities offered by Windows AD.
A lot of these facilities can be offered by NS through Samba4 as AD, if are well implemented.
Yes, one of these facilities is the Administrator account as root.
Maybe I have used too much words for a simple YES but I wanted to point that I want to use NS as PDC/AD/File server at full capacities!
I did some experiments. If the “username map” option works we could define a (hidden) share that exposes /var/lib/nethserver/home to the administrator, so she can administer home dirs too
Ok, but I have two users (administrator and gabriel.gheorghiu) and I see only one home director, for the administrator.
( In RSAT - Computer Management I don’t see “administrator” and “gabriel.gheorghiu” folders in “Shares”)
