Hello,
We are considering to migrate from Novell eDirectory to Apple Open Directory +
Windows Services from Apple as Domain Controller. I've read a lot of books
and manuals and forums about Apple Directory Services, Domain Controllers and
Samba, but there are lots of unanswered questions still. Mainly about naming and
planning of different things on the network. I also tried to post to Apple
forums without no luck. As Apple Windows Services runs on Samba 2.2 I thought
this list might help me.
We are going to have two servers with Open Directory Master on one of them and
Open Directory Replica on another. Also these servers will be Primary Domain
Controller and Backup Domain Controller respectively. We also would like to have
all (or most) services Kerberized.
First of all - domain name. In Windows Active Directory Domain network domain
name could be everything you'd like from "domain.company.com" to
just "domain". However I'm not sure about Samba. Does domain name
must be FQDN? Is this compulsory? What is your recommendation?
Second - server name. Again, in Windows AD environment I would go with something
like server1.domain.company.com and server2.domain.company.com. Does this apply
to Samba too?
Third - DNS SRV entries. In Windows AD I must configure a lot of DNS SRV related
stuff. But Samba/Apple manuals says nothing about DNS. Do I need these entries?
Do I need to resolve domain name or server name? Or both?
Currently I tested three configurations with one server (listed below) and they
all work. But which is better? If I choose one or another, will I run into
trouble in the future (for example by adding servers)?
Tested configs:
1) domain name - "domain.company.com"
server name - "server1.domain.company.com"
2) domain name - "company.com"
server name - "server1.company.com"
3) domain name - "domain.company.com" (config from apple manual)
Server name - "domain.company.com"
ANY even tiny information would be useful, because I haven't found much on
the web.
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Best Regards,
Vilius ?umskas
LNK TV system administrator
mob.: +370 614 75713
http://www.lnk.lt
