Join an Ubuntu client to a mac server

I have a server with SL server and many client, some are macs and some others are pc with Ubuntu 10.10.
Is there a way to make those ubuntu clients join the directory service on the Mac server?
Via samba, open directory or active directory or else?
Any hint?
Thank you.

Sorry, but have you tried the Mail Service Administration pdf at http://www.apple.com/server/documentation/ ? It explains lots of details there.

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I m IT support in school in france, and the network is an heterogen mix between mac os and windows 7 clients.
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Any solution ?
An upgrade of samba engine can resolve this issue ? If it can be, how to do this ?
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I'm not aware of any particular tie-in between Windows 7 and Domain Controller and Samba and OS X Server Open Directory LDAP Services.
Samba did provide limited Domain Controller capabilities and can use Domain Authentication, but the Apple installation from 10.6 is an old release and I've had some problems getting that older stuff to work. You'll likely have to hand-manage Samba to get this to work, by following the directions at the Samba.org web site, too.
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Does Active directory support for linux/mac/ubuntu clients?

Hello everyone,
I am pretty new to Active directory and my company has few requirements which he need to achieve by implementing Microsoft Active directory. I tried reading some blogs/documents on google but was not able to get the clear understanding. So would request
you all to please help me in getting the correct answers.
1) Does AD supports linux/mac/ubuntu clients getting authenticated from it?
2) Does AD supports root/non-root privilege login which is like admin/non-admin rights in windows for linux/mac/ubuntu?
3) Does Password policy works well on linux/mac/ubuntu cleints?
4) Does AD support auto-loading application after successful login in linux/mac/ubuntu clients? For eg: Logging into jabber client as soon as user logins IN.
5) Can AD trace and log the authentication information for linux/mac/ubuntu clients?
6) Does AD support rules based login for linux/mac/ubuntu clients?
7) Do we have high availability in AD runing Active-Active?
8) can we push patched/security policies via AD on linux/mac/ubuntu clients?
9) Can we schedule crons for linux/mac/ubuntu clients via AD like we have task schedules set-up in Windows?
10) Can linux/mac/ubuntu cleints be included part of GPO?
11) Auto-backups or auto mapping of shared drives by AD on widnows/linux/mac/ubuntu cleints?
12) Can we capture licenses etc(Server management) thing in AD.
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14) Does AD supports SSO authentication for linux/mac/ubuntu clients?
Thanks guys in advance
Regards
Sam

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I have a scenario for you in active directory when two passwords may be valid:
Old passwords can also work on domain controllers that have not received replication yet from either the domain controller the password was changed on, or the PDC emulator in the domain.
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User1 decides to call the helpdesk and changes his password to "456".
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~JG
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Thank you for contacting Apple Support Communities.
I was able to find the following transition guide for Xserve that provides some workload guidance to determine performance when planning a server deployment.
Transition Guide Xserve
http://images.apple.com/xserve/pdf/L422277A_Xserve_Guide.pdf
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I'm running a small Mac server network of 3 Mac clients and 1 PC. They are all connected via ethernet to a switch. There is a DSL modem also connected to the switch. The modem software was installed on the Mac server.
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I suggest you replace your switch for a router. The purpose of a router is to connect two networks. In your case it would connect your local computer network (Macs, server and PC) to the Internet. Having your DSL on a switch with the rest of your machines means that only one at a time should be able to connect to the Internet.
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Please check the *http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/documentation.html* and download the *Open Directory Administration.*
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> I am migrating my DHCP services from an old SUN server to an OES Linux
> server. In the old SUN files, my client identifier and mac addresses
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