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October 14, 2013 10:42:58 AM

Hey people! I was wondering if any free server OS could have user accounts and storage, kind of like what the school systems do. I have a amd fx-8300
8gb of ram and 3 tb of storage as hardware. Any sugustions

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a b G Storage
October 14, 2013 10:50:30 AM

if you're just wanting networked storage that has password/permission control then there are tonnes of distros out there like freenas, nas4free, openfiler etc. having user accounts like at school will depend on what the client software or OS is. if you mean the latter can you tell us what the clients are running? if they are running Windows home editions then they will not be able to log into networked accounts like you would at home.
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October 14, 2013 10:54:02 AM

jwk3 said:
if you're just wanting networked storage that has password/permission control then there are tonnes of distros out there like freenas, nas4free, openfiler etc. having user accounts like at school will depend on what the client software or OS is. if you mean the latter can you tell us what the clients are running? if they are running Windows home editions then they will not be able to log into networked accounts like you would at home.


All of the clients are running win 7 ultimate or win 7 pro and yes I mean network accounts (so one account would work on multiple computers)
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October 14, 2013 10:58:05 AM

What are you trying to control by them logging on?
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October 14, 2013 11:00:31 AM

namdlo said:
What are you trying to control by them logging on?

No,the goal is so that any user can log on to any computer on the network and have the account be the same.
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October 14, 2013 11:09:16 AM

when you're stating "account" are you saying desktop look/feel? ie: saving profiles on the network?
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October 14, 2013 11:24:44 AM

namdlo said:
when you're stating "account" are you saying desktop look/feel? ie: saving profiles on the network?


yes.
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October 14, 2013 12:40:30 PM

You're going to need a windows domain server and enable roaming profiles.

I don't know any cheap/free software that's going to allow for that.
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October 14, 2013 12:47:17 PM

You could link a shared folder on all machines to share data but I don't think that's what you're looking for. WHS doesn't support profiles (no active directory). Windows server isn't cheap.

Wish I had better news for you. Maybe someone else can provide something else.
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a b G Storage
October 14, 2013 3:53:43 PM

there are a few linux/open source alternatives to active directory (the Windows server role that is very costly for home use). Samba can do half the functionality of AD and there is also FreeIPA which aims to be very similar. the problem is that there's nothing that comes close to Windows server Active Directory at the moment that is easy to manage. If you absolutely must have a networked profile set up without much configuration look at Windows server 2012 Essentials. it'll cost a few $100s but is the cheapest thing I can recommend that will have the functionality of a school network you're trying to replicate.
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July 27, 2014 5:34:10 PM

jwk3 said:
there are a few linux/open source alternatives to active directory (the Windows server role that is very costly for home use). Samba can do half the functionality of AD and there is also FreeIPA which aims to be very similar. the problem is that there's nothing that comes close to Windows server Active Directory at the moment that is easy to manage. If you absolutely must have a networked profile set up without much configuration look at Windows server 2012 Essentials. it'll cost a few $100s but is the cheapest thing I can recommend that will have the functionality of a school network you're trying to replicate.
You could also set up samba and use the remote server administration tools (downloaded from windows website) once the domain is up and running. As an added bonus it has all of the tools you would find in windows server. However, the computer that manages the server remotely must be connected to the domain.

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