I know I am absolutely not interested in muddying the waters by trying this with virtualized systems, maybe after I can actually get them to work..... I posted previously that I have dedicated hardware to use. You are also describing a combined network and I have already abandoned that idea, so putting another windows server together is not going to be what I'm looking for. As far as I can tell Linux doesn't have an AD equivalent except Samba 4 which isn't out yet.... Samba 3.x destroyed 2 domain controllers trying to join it..... Not going to try that again anytime soon.... Sean Parsons > I know that personally if you have just a desktop i would start with 3 > virtual machines. > > AD server (windows) Linux server for new AD and then A client workstation > > Virtualbox comes to mind as a nice portable interface for this. and it > is cross platform. > > issue with that is you will need about 4gb of ram to function on this > or there about. > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:58 AM, wrote: >> Ok, How would I build this sandbox as a list discussion? >> >> Sean Parsons >> >>> I personally agree that this would be great on list discussion. >>> >>> even if it is using Linux to support a MS platform, it still would be >>> educational for me at least. >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:16 AM,   wrote: >>>> Craig, >>>> >>>>> ---- >>>>> Wouldn't it be more useful and instructive to keep your questions on >>>>> list? You would benefit from a greater availability of opinions too. >>>>> >>>>> Also, it seems a bit unfair to want private advising and deprive the >>>>> list of the knowledge that is gathered by solving problems which I >>>>> would >>>>> gather would be rather typical for many offices/businesses. >>>>> >>>>> There is no need to make changes to an AD environment to add Linux >>>>> servers and/or workstations. >>>>> >>>>> Craig >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> This message has been scanned for viruses and >>>>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >>>>> believed to be clean. >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>> >>> Stephen >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss