bsprakash
(Prakash B S)
December 20, 2016, 5:40pm
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I know it sounds silly… But I want to reconfirm.
I want to get rid of AD CAL, when I am exploring I came across Zentyal and Nethserver.
I want to manage the following:
User Authentication for on premise and remote location office users.
Adding Windows, Linux and if possible Mac.
Giving access for shared folders.
Group policy deployments.
Changing wall papers for all user by publishing from server.
Please guide, what kind of limitations we will have if I use Nethserver.
Performance wise I don’t prefer Zentyal
I remember there is feature called Floating IP in Zentyal. Is that kind of future available on Nethserver?
Thanks in advance,
Prakash
bwdjames
(James Nesbitt)
December 20, 2016, 6:47pm
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bsprakash:
User Authentication for on premise and remote location office users.
→ As long as there is connectivity to the server, this should work
Adding Windows, Linux and if possible Mac.
→ Windows - yes. Linux - yes. Mac - Not a clue, maybe someone else from the forum can give a more definitive answer on this specific point.
Giving access for shared folders.
→ Yes - there is that option.
Group policy deployments.
→ Nope.
Changing wall papers for all user by publishing from server.
→ This would be a group policy related. An alternative would be to deploy the wall paper by using a login script.
Have a look at this thread here and here . They may have additional information which can help
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bwdjames
(James Nesbitt)
December 20, 2016, 6:49pm
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For the Floating IP in Zentyal, I am not sure if that feature is available.
bsprakash
(Prakash B S)
December 20, 2016, 7:09pm
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bwdjames:
the
Group policy and stuff…
Can’t we achieve using RSAT Tools?
bwdjames
(James Nesbitt)
December 20, 2016, 7:43pm
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The RSAT tools are an option.
Something else to consider - The vast majority of GPO objects are essentially just a group of Registry entries which you are changing. You could have a login script which imports the relevant registry entries for a given user.
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