david.touster@acecomm.com wrote:>
> Hi,
>
> When do you feel Samba will support the same "sharing
> it's directories and/or printers" capabilities as a
> Windows 2000 Server (in member server mode only) that
> has joined a Windows 2000 AD Domain?
>
> (with respect to users of the shares using Kerberos
> authentication to a Windows 2000 AD Domain Controller,
> and other protocol related issues - ie: not using
> NTLM Authentications, etc.)
No ETA on this one. No official effort has started yet.
Just conversations on what would be required.
> From everything I have read, a Windows NT Server in
> member server mode (non-Domain Controller), Workstation,
> or even 9x, even without installing the "AD Client" can work
> in a Windows 2000 AD in Native Mode because the PDC
> Emulator portion of the AD Domain Controller will service
> these systems. Microsoft says that the only time that
> one can not use AD in Native Mode is when there are
> NT Domain Controllers still in the domain. (might not be
> able to use Native Mode's "Universal Groups" under this
> situation, but otherwise everything else should be OK
> - I have not tested - just read from many sources -
> from Windows 2000 Mag (non-Microsoft), from
> Microsoft's TechNet & WEB, etc.)
This is correct.
> How about: when and if Samba (in Member Server type
> mode) will understand Universal Groups and completely
> support the Windows 2000 AD domain in native mode?
See above :-)
Cheers, jerry
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