General questions about Kolab

[Jon Bendtsen]

Den 6. apr 2004, kl. 14:39, skrev Aurelien Marchand:

> Hi there,
> this is my first post in this list. Part of why I subscribed is 
> because I couldn't find the information online and I hope you'll be 
> able to help me.
>
> I have been asked by a friend to setup a full network for folks he is 
> contracted by. This friend wants to have Linux servers wherever 
> possible. The folks that he is contracted by have the following 
> settings:
> * around 15 people at the moment, will be 25 by the end of the month 
> and even more coming soon
> * workstations are running XP pro with Outlook XP
> * they will have 2 static IP addresses from an ISP, at 4 Mb/s each
> * no web site for now, just a domain name so they can receive their 
> email with their domain name.
>
> I was thinking of doing the following:
> * 1 firewall with no DMZ
> * 1 mail server running Kolab
> * 1 samba PDC (with DNS and possibly DHCP)

Direct delivery of email from the internet?


> The idea would be for clients to get their groupware features using 
> Kolab (and I guess a plugin to use with Outlook, I was looking at 
> Toltec lately but for some reason I got the impression Kolab comes 
> with the Konsec Konnector - maybe I'm wrong).

I dont think it comes with any connector. There is also athera if you 
can get it to work.


> I would also like to tie the samba PDC to the Kolab's LDAP backend. 
> Basically, when a client wants to log on, he queries the samba PDC 
> which in turn, using LDAP would query the Kolab server to see if they 
> have an account on it. I just don't know if samba can make use of 
> Kolab's LDAP backend (I've read somewhere the LDAP structure for Kolab 
> is quite incompatible with everything else - that too may be wrong).
>
> As a result, adding a user to the domain would be summed up by 
> creating for them a mail account on Kolab.
>
> I have also a concern that if you use Toltec or any other plugin for 
> Outlook to connect to Kolab, you'd have to manually enter the password 
> either each time you check your mail or each time you reset a client's 
> password. Obviously, it would terrific if Outlook would get its 
> credentials silently from the samba PDC (and thus from the Kolab 
> server). I just don't know if it is possible. What is your experience 
> with those plugins?
>
> Finally, entirely unrelated to Kolab, is my DNS settings. I just 
> finished reading and digesting the DNS HOWTO and I get the impression 
> I would be forced to have 2 DNS servers: 1) one internal to resolve 
> local machine names and external domain names and 2) one on a DMZ to 
> just point out MX records (and later on a www server). Anyone has 
> experience with this?

You can use one if you want to.




JonB