Gabriel Matthews ?rta:
>I have looked a bit through some of the archives for this list, and I have
>caught different ideas on this matter.. I've also read through the
>HOWTOs on how to do this stuff, but I haven't received the same results
>that I was expecting, so I need someone to help me out a bit, give me a
>definite YES or NO and if YES, how?
>
>I have the latest release candidate of samba 3 installed on redhat-9. I
>want to make it a BDC with my existing NT 4 domain in a remote office on
>its own subnet. I also want to use Winbind to help keep from having to
>have local accounts on the machines, so anybody can do what they want to
>on any server. I have no LDAP server to play with either,
>
>So, the question is: Can Samba 3 function as a BDC in an NT4 domain, with
>an NT4 server as PDC? If it is possible, what are the tricks to getting
>the samba server to join the domain as a BDC and communicate properly with
>the PDC? If it is NOT possible, does it then become necessary to make
>the PDC of the domain a samba machine, and have all the NT machines
>function as BDCs?
>
>I appreciate any help that you can give me with this.. I know there has to
>be tons of people asking this same question over and over again, but again
>I do appreciate any help.. Thanks!
>
>Gabriel Matthews
>Network Support
>Cinergy Communications
>
>"No. I am your father."
> -Darth Vader, leader, devoted parent,
> and friend to all.
>
>
>
NO!
Samba is able to be a PDC, or a BDC to another Samba, at least this is
written in docs. The reason is, that NT4 domain controlers keep domain
users, groups, etc in a special part (SAM) of their registry. About the
possibility of using winbind on the Samba BDC, it sounds interesting,
but I don't know if winbind has a cacheing functionality, needed, if you
realy want a true backup sollution.
Good Luck!
Geza Gemes