Hi, I am a newbie when it comes to XP and samba. I am planning to install samba domain controller for XP, 2000 machines. I read a bit about the registry hacking and some documents on the internet. But I need the following details to set up the server:- 1. Samba version 2. Linux kernel version (preferably what distribution and what version) THe lesser the bugs the better. 3. What patch level should I have for the samba 4. Any more sites that tells me how to setup the XP Pro Clients with the samba server? Thanks. adrian
Hi, I am a newbie when it comes to XP and samba. I am planning to install samba domain controller for XP, 2000 machines. I read a bit about the registry hacking and some documents on the internet. But I need the following details to set up the server:- 1. Samba version 2. Linux kernel version (preferably what distribution and what version) THe lesser the bugs the better. 3. What patch level should I have for the samba 4. Any more sites that tells me how to setup the XP Pro Clients with the samba server? Thanks. adrian
> But I need the following details to set up the server:- > 1. Samba version > 2. Linux kernel version (preferably what distribution and > what version) THe lesser the bugs the better. 3. What patch > level should I have for the samba 4. Any more sites that > tells me how to setup the XP Pro Clients with the samba server?RH 8; Samba 2.2.8 from samba org rebuilt as rpm. after reading this http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/samba/samba-pdc.html and this http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/docs/htmldocs/Samba-PDC-HOWTO.html and eventually this http://www.math.temple.edu/computing/samba.html I was able to do a samba PDC and join the XP Pro clients to it. Beware it's a long and painfully frustrating journey. ;-)
Hi, But I need the following details to set up the server:- 1. Samba version When you're a newbe start with the latest stable version, 2.2.8a, you should have searched for that on samba.org, you need nothing else from samba.org 2. Linux kernel version (preferably what distribution and what version) Hmm I am not going to start here. Distro doesn't make a lot of a difference, I prefer Debian, but I could live with any distro. 4. Any more sites that tells me how to setup the XP Pro Clients with the samba server? I used four howto's: This one is the best for XP hassles: http://www.math.temple.edu/computing/samba.html#optimize Search on: samba.idealx.org for their samba-ldap-pdc howto if you're planning on using ldap (if you're planning a domain woth lots of users it might be a good idea) and use this one: http://www.unav.es/cti/ldap-smb/ldap-smb-howto.html And the last thing I used for simple questions was the howto collection and faq's that come with the samba package. Hope to be of help. Regards Bas PS: Most answers are pretty easy to find with google, the documentation on samba.org or the mailinglist archives
Hi, (Please reply to this address rather than the one posted previously) I am a newbie when it comes to XP and samba. I am planning to install samba domain controller for XP, 2000 machines. I read a bit about the registry hacking and some documents on the internet. But I need the following details to set up the server:- 1. Samba version 2. Linux kernel version (preferably what distribution and what version) THe lesser the bugs the better. 3. What patch level should I have for the samba 4. Any more sites that tells me how to setup the XP Pro Clients with the samba server? Thanks. adrian