On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 19:26, Roman Sidler wrote:> Hi Samba List,
>
> We are using samba since many years in our Solaris environment.
> I have got a question concerning the authentication:
> We are building up new branch offices. Every branch office is
> connected thru a vpn link to our main company. The people
> in the branch offices have got a samba file server to work with.
> The authetication is realised with Microsoft Active Directory,
> which is installed in our main office (server).
> How can I make sure that the authentication is still working if
> the VPN Link is down (authentication has to made on the
> solaris samba server directly) ?????
> Is there kind of failover function in samba (switch from domain
> security to user security mode??
Not particularly practical - you really need to install a BDC at each
remote site, or things will go a bit nuts.
Any other solution would have password synchronization issues, at the
very least.
Andrew Bartlett
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Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team abartlet@samba.org
Student Network Administrator, Hawker College abartlet@hawkerc.net
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