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So whole year I've had to sort out this lab. And its working fine, users have a fileserver and a backup, DHCP server for FOG network installs. Truly amazing all the wonderful things you can do with Linux... seems you're only limited by your imagination (and googling skills 
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But the tinkerer in me is getting restless. Time to optimise the setup.
Next up, domain controller! Had a look at this, and the setup seems easy enough.
Questions are,
1 how much work is necessary to make sure everything is running flawlessly?
2 I should be upgrading to ubuntu 12.04 for LTS; in others' experiences, does upgrading more often than not utterly mess things up (apart from re-editing relevant cfg files)?
3 My institute already has a DC running for the whole campus. The lab pcs I'm interested in do not use/need said DC, but can my prospective setup cause problems for staff who use the campus DC? I don't believe it will be a problem, but I'd rather be safe and ask.
4 Is it possible to set disk quotas for users using a DC based off samba?
My plan is to extend current file servers into PDC and BDC.
)But the tinkerer in me is getting restless. Time to optimise the setup.
Next up, domain controller! Had a look at this, and the setup seems easy enough.
Questions are,
1 how much work is necessary to make sure everything is running flawlessly?
2 I should be upgrading to ubuntu 12.04 for LTS; in others' experiences, does upgrading more often than not utterly mess things up (apart from re-editing relevant cfg files)?
3 My institute already has a DC running for the whole campus. The lab pcs I'm interested in do not use/need said DC, but can my prospective setup cause problems for staff who use the campus DC? I don't believe it will be a problem, but I'd rather be safe and ask.
4 Is it possible to set disk quotas for users using a DC based off samba?
My plan is to extend current file servers into PDC and BDC.