Can I set up a *second* server as a BDC yet still have all my file-share
requests routed to the *first* server? In other words can I have *two* domain
controllers but only *one* file share? If I can, what's the rough sketch of
the configuration I want?
My short-term goal is to not have any Microsoft software in the back room so as
to avoid paying the Gates tax. (My long-term goal is in a few years to not have
any Microsoft software on the clients either for the same reason.)
(Or maybe I'm not asking the right specific question, missing the forest for
the trees. If you'd like to back up and view the whole picture and offer
some meta-advice, here's my situation: I'm hosting "home"
directories for each of ~800 students and teachers. [A flash/thumb drive for
every user would cost a whole lot more than a couple servers in the back room.]
I currently use domain login only to a] allow a startup script to map the
"home" directory to a drive and b] validate credentials right away so
it doesn't need to be done at file save time. Currently I do all this with
only *one* Samba server acting as both a file share and a PDC; it works
tolerably well, but seems overly risky.)
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Chuck Kollars - principal Kollars Informatics
