samba - Apr 2003 - Re: Why would I want Active Directory (rather, how t o argue against it?)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian J. Murrell [mailto:brian@interlinx.bc.ca]
> > - Single Sign-On via Kerberos
> 
> OK.  Actually I understood this feature.  I am just wondering how it
> applies in an MS network.  SSO to all of what?  If my DCs are my
> file/printer server(s) (let's say I mirror the data contents 
> of my PDC to
> my BDC as well -- afterall what's the point of the BDC if the PDC goes
> down and it has all of the shares on it?) what else would SSO 
> authenticate
> me to?  I had kinda suspected Exchange if it was present in 
> the network,
> but am not sure.  But what else is there to authenticate to a 
> netowrk of MS services?
RAS (Remote Access Service) for dialins or PPTP connections.

Most if not all of the MS products being produced for market have AD tie
ins, but Samba was never intended to replace a MS DC on that level in a
major enterprise. It is available to provide basic connectivty between SMB
and Unix platforms. It does a great job of replacing an NT 4 PDC with the
caviat that you cannot set up replication, however it does not really
replace the functionality of a W2K machine blow for blow.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Brodbeck" <DavidB@mail.interclean.com>
To: "'Brian J. Murrell'" <brian@interlinx.bc.ca>;
<samba@lists.samba.org>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 12:40 PM
Subject: RE: [Samba] Re: Why would I want Active Directory (rather, how to
argue against it?)

>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian J. Murrell [mailto:brian@interlinx.bc.ca]
>
> > > - Single Sign-On via Kerberos
> >
> > OK.  Actually I understood this feature.  I am just wondering how it
> > applies in an MS network.  SSO to all of what?  If my DCs are my
> > file/printer server(s) (let's say I mirror the data contents
> > of my PDC to
> > my BDC as well -- afterall what's the point of the BDC if the PDC
goes
> > down and it has all of the shares on it?) what else would SSO
> > authenticate
> > me to?  I had kinda suspected Exchange if it was present in
> > the network,
> > but am not sure.  But what else is there to authenticate to a
> > netowrk of MS services?
>
> RAS (Remote Access Service) for dialins or PPTP connections.
>
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