On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 01:14, Robert Adkins wrote:> Hello Everyone,
>
> I know that this should probably be directed at a Samba-NT Domain
> mailing list, however all the links leading to such lists on the
> samba.org web-site are broken.
That list is closed. This is the correct list for such questions.
> Anyway, I am in the process of replacing a Windows NT 4.0 PDC with a
> Redhat Linux 7.3 Samba running machine. I have a little question
> regarding the machine accounts.
>
> There are a few Windows NT and Windows 2000 machines on the network,
> those machines also happen to have the same names as the normal users of
> those systems. (I didn't set up the network originally. I would have
> named them something else.)
>
> The issue is, would creating the machine accounts that have virtually
> the same name as the user accounts be an issue with Linux and Samba? The
> only difference between the user and machine accounts would be the
> inclusion of the $ after the machine name.
For the pure NT domain stuff, this should not be an issue - the $
termination is all that is needed. There might be some Netbios issues,
but these would be exactly the same as you have now (with an NT DC).
Andrew Bartlett
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Andrew Bartlett abartlet@pcug.org.au
Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team abartlet@samba.org
Student Network Administrator, Hawker College abartlet@hawkerc.net
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