samba - Aug 2003 - Samba 3.0 config option "domain controller = xxx"

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Joseph Phillips wrote:
> A new option has appeared in the default smb.conf from samba 3.0.0 beta3.
>
> Here it is:
>
> # Use only if you have an NT server on your network that has been
> # configured at install time to be a primary domain controller.
>    domain controller = xxx
Where did you get this from? What distribution? What platform? What is
your source?
>
> My question is, what does this do exactly?  The old man pages for samba 2.x
> obviously don't include any reference to this new feature.  And on
samba.org
> website, there are no new man pages for samba 3.0.
And it does not exist. There is no such parameter today. As proof do:

	testparm -s -v | grep domain

This will list all the parameters that involve the word "domain".

> So would anyone please care to discuss what this features does?
See above.

- John T.
-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht@samba.org

A new option has appeared in the default smb.conf from samba 3.0.0 beta3.  

Here it is:

# Use only if you have an NT server on your network that has been
# configured at install time to be a primary domain controller.
   domain controller = xxx

My question is, what does this do exactly?  The old man pages for samba 2.x
obviously don't include any reference to this new feature.  And on samba.org
website, there are no new man pages for samba 3.0.

So would anyone please care to discuss what this features does?  Thanks.