On my last post I had demonstrated how to setup a Linux machine as Active Directory Domain Controller. On this post I will help you managing a Linux based domain controller from a Windows client machine.
Most of the Active Directory administration tasks such as user & group creation, dns management cab be done using Samba server provided tool "samba-tool", but for system administrators who has no experience working in a linux environment it can be a difficult task, even for experienced linux administrators it can be a bit time consuming to use "samba-tool" command for managing every active directory task.
The Microsoft Remote System Administration Tool is a very nice software to manage a Linux based domain controller. Next I will help you downloading, installing and managing a Linux based domain controller from Windows client machine. I will be using a 64 bit Windows 7 pc for this example.
RSAT Download Link:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=7887
Now double click on download RSAT tool file and follow the steps as shown below to install it.
Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off and expand Remote Server Administration Tools and select the required features which are needed to manage an Active Directory and press OK.
Once the process finishes go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers and start managing AD Users and groups from your Windows PC.
Similarly you can use the other tools such Group Policy Management to manage Group Policy on Linux Domain Controller. On my next post I will show you managing Linux domain controller using the "samba-tool" command directly from the Linux domain server.
Most of the Active Directory administration tasks such as user & group creation, dns management cab be done using Samba server provided tool "samba-tool", but for system administrators who has no experience working in a linux environment it can be a difficult task, even for experienced linux administrators it can be a bit time consuming to use "samba-tool" command for managing every active directory task.
The Microsoft Remote System Administration Tool is a very nice software to manage a Linux based domain controller. Next I will help you downloading, installing and managing a Linux based domain controller from Windows client machine. I will be using a 64 bit Windows 7 pc for this example.
RSAT Download Link:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=7887
Now double click on download RSAT tool file and follow the steps as shown below to install it.
Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off and expand Remote Server Administration Tools and select the required features which are needed to manage an Active Directory and press OK.
Once the process finishes go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers and start managing AD Users and groups from your Windows PC.
Similarly you can use the other tools such Group Policy Management to manage Group Policy on Linux Domain Controller. On my next post I will show you managing Linux domain controller using the "samba-tool" command directly from the Linux domain server.
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