As much as I love Samba, OpenSores, Linux and apple pie, setting Samba as an NT domain controller used to be a bit of a hack that required a lot of shoe horning, and a lot of reading, and experimentation. Get the books, sign up for the support email list and be prepared for a bumpy ride. The problem is that certain things *should* work a certain way, but such is not always the case and you may do everything by the book and it doesn't work as expected. If the Samba code has been fixed, then maybe it's been upgraded to set it up easier - that's the biggest hassle. Other than setup, everything I've read is that it works great. I have been using Samba servers as NT replacements since about 1993 and I think that it is one of the Linux solutions' greatest strengths. It's just the config that sucks. Hopefully it's better than it was. -t->From: Gerry Maddock <gerrym@futuremetals.com> >What do you think works better: An NT Domain Controller and Wins Server, or >Samba ????? > What I'm actually looking into this is for storing Winblows profiles >on one server, browsing routed networks, etc..._________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Michael Marschall
2000-Aug-30 19:26 UTC
[Linux] Samba as Wins Server and Domain Controller
I bought the Using Samba book from O'Reilly and read it and Samba is the easiest thing in the world to use now. I highly recommend this book and so does the Samba team (the text is now included with the Samba source). I have setup a NT Domain Controller at home for my windows NT testing network and it works very well on my 486. Mike Tom Schaefer wrote:> As much as I love Samba, OpenSores, Linux and apple pie, setting Samba as an > NT domain controller used to be a bit of a hack that required a lot of shoe > horning, and a lot of reading, and experimentation. > > Get the books, sign up for the support email list and be prepared for a > bumpy ride. > > The problem is that certain things *should* work a certain way, but such is > not always the case and you may do everything by the book and it doesn't > work as expected. > > If the Samba code has been fixed, then maybe it's been upgraded to set it up > easier - that's the biggest hassle. > > Other than setup, everything I've read is that it works great. I have been > using Samba servers as NT replacements since about 1993 and I think that it > is one of the Linux solutions' greatest strengths. It's just the config that > sucks. > > Hopefully it's better than it was. > > -t- > > >From: Gerry Maddock <gerrym@futuremetals.com> > >What do you think works better: An NT Domain Controller and Wins Server, or > >Samba ????? > > What I'm actually looking into this is for storing Winblows profiles > >on one server, browsing routed networks, etc... > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux@flux.org > http://www.flux.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-- -==================================- Michael Marschall Infrastructure Manager VoiceRite, Inc. 7725 NW 48th St. Miami, Florida 33166 Phone / Fax / Pager : 305 436 1574 -==================================-
I love Samba, OpenSores, Linux and apple pie <<<< TOO FUNNY!!! Thanks for your input!! Tom Schaefer wrote:> As much as I love Samba, OpenSores, Linux and apple pie, setting Samba as an > NT domain controller used to be a bit of a hack that required a lot of shoe > horning, and a lot of reading, and experimentation. > > Get the books, sign up for the support email list and be prepared for a > bumpy ride. > > The problem is that certain things *should* work a certain way, but such is > not always the case and you may do everything by the book and it doesn't > work as expected. > > If the Samba code has been fixed, then maybe it's been upgraded to set it up > easier - that's the biggest hassle. > > Other than setup, everything I've read is that it works great. I have been > using Samba servers as NT replacements since about 1993 and I think that it > is one of the Linux solutions' greatest strengths. It's just the config that > sucks. > > Hopefully it's better than it was. > > -t- > > >From: Gerry Maddock <gerrym@futuremetals.com> > >What do you think works better: An NT Domain Controller and Wins Server, or > >Samba ????? > > What I'm actually looking into this is for storing Winblows profiles > >on one server, browsing routed networks, etc... > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux@flux.org > http://www.flux.org/mailman/listinfo/linux