@simon
http://www.howtoforge.com/centos-5.x-samba-domain-controller-with-ldap-backend
is not a good place to start especially for a linux beginner.
I would suggest a similar guide but leave out the ldap integration, for example
http://www.howtoforge.com/samba_setup_ubuntu_5.10_p3
Regards,
Mugo
ClearOS would also be a good option however, for the purpose of setting up a "clean cut" system it would be better to create one from the ground up
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