samba - May 2002 - Samba and windows 2K Active Directory

Hi;

I have a client who wishes to implement SAMABA in a windows 2k AD
environment.

The client has not moved to wk2 as yet.  Can Samba be use for  w2k mixed
mode authentication?



Regards;

Bill Watterson

Technical Solution Architect

DS Infrastructure and Architecture
IBM Global Services Australia
8 Brisbane Ave,  Barton  ACT  2601

Mobile:  0401 717 210

>The client has not moved to wk2 as yet.  Can Samba be use for  w2k mixed
>mode authentication?
The current release of Samba (2.2.4) can be used for a Win2k mixed or
native mode environment.

The important piece to remember here is that mixed/native mode refers to
the Domain Controllers, not all server members.

2.2.4 will work in either, but if you use native mode, it works best if
"pre-windows 2000" servers are allowed.  When the first DC is
promoted, you
have a choice of "Permissions compatible with pre-Windows 2000
servers",
and if you choose that, it will be easier to maintain.  Even if you don't
choose that, it is still possible to do, but requires use of the wbinfo -A
(not -a) option...

----------------------------
Jim McDonough
IBM Linux Technology Center
Samba Team
6 Minuteman Drive
Scarborough, ME 04074
USA

jmcd@us.ibm.com
jmcd@samba.org

Phone: (207) 885-5565
IBM tie-line: 776-9984

On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 10:57:53PM +1000, Bill Watterson
wrote:
> 
> Hi;
> 
> I have a client who wishes to implement SAMABA in a windows 2k AD
> environment.
> 
> The client has not moved to wk2 as yet.  Can Samba be use for  w2k mixed
> mode authentication?
Yes.

Jeremy.