Hello,
We are trying to centralise the authentication on our Linux servers because there we have so many that they are becoming unmanageable. However, I am unsure whether joining them to our standard AD domain would be wise. I am starting to believe that we should run a Linux only domain as we should keep the domain as small and restricted as possible. For example, we may want people to have access to AD who we do not want to have access to our main Linux web servers.
What is the general view in corporate networks for this? Do you run multiple domains, putting servers on different domains than staff? Is it wise to join Linux servers to AD for reliability and security?
Cheers.
We are trying to centralise the authentication on our Linux servers because there we have so many that they are becoming unmanageable. However, I am unsure whether joining them to our standard AD domain would be wise. I am starting to believe that we should run a Linux only domain as we should keep the domain as small and restricted as possible. For example, we may want people to have access to AD who we do not want to have access to our main Linux web servers.
What is the general view in corporate networks for this? Do you run multiple domains, putting servers on different domains than staff? Is it wise to join Linux servers to AD for reliability and security?
Cheers.