Upgrade Nethserver 6.9 to 7 study case

[Jim]

To talk about this, I will re-open the “Organise left menu bar”

For now I’m stuck the account provider choice!!
I read the doc and these two discussions… And I continue don’t own what to choose.

Discussion: scenarios to choose an account provider

@robb and others, I’d like to resume this discussion with a small enhancement proposal. We could easily add more information about the accounts provider concept to the Users&Groups page. If an account provider has not been configured this could be the new layout (instead of the current standalone “Configure” button): [image] What happens when the buttons are clicked? “Configure” points to “Configuration > Accounts provider” “Install” points to “Software center” “No, thanks!” point to “Dash…

Samba Active Directory or OpenLDAP

Hi Guys! Now a quite naive question, do not laugh … I use the NS as a home server with the following options: A) File server B) eMail server (Sogo with CalDAV and CardDav) C) virtual web server D) VPN E) nextcloud As a client are used tablet with Android, Smartphone, Netbook and Linux computer. I use no Windows computer, what makes more sense then: Samba Active Directory or OpenLDAP What would be the advantages / disadvantages for me? I would be grateful for simple understandable mea…

I actually mount my 1gb drive in /opt.
I want this /opt shared via SMB as Time Machine for backup the Mac.

What I actually understand is:

• LDAP: Easy to configure, does not support authenticated access to shared folders
  So it’s seem it not this one …( but not sure )

• Active Directory: Enables all shared folders features, requires advanced configuration options…
  For 1, only share directory !!!

I must admit I know the SMB share in a Windows environment, but I don’t know in a mixed environment, and here in a non-Windows environment