On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 09:12 +0100, Patrick blitz wrote:> I'm sorry if this has been asked a quadrillion times before, but i was
just wondering about it:
>
> I know samba can't be a BDC for ADS. I also know that OpenLDAP can sync
with a MS ADS Server.
I don't think it can do that to the extent we would require.
> Samba can also auth against both ldap and ADS. so, shoudln't it be
possible to use a
> Samba/openLdap server combination as a Local Master kind of think as a type
of BDC for an ADS Domain?
No. Samba3 does not have the technology to be an ADS domain controller.
Samba4 development already has this, and we hope to have a technology
preview soon.
> Or are there hugher obstacles like there beeing no way to tell the windows
clients who's their second-in-command master?
There is just a very big gap between Samba3 and what ADS requires of a
DC.
Andrew Bartlett
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Andrew Bartlett http://samba.org/~abartlet/
Authentication Developer, Samba Team http://samba.org
Student Network Administrator, Hawker College http://hawkerc.net
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