Hi, Is it possible to have a Windows 2003 server as the PDC and corresponding Exchange server while having domain members being Samba 3? I read in the how to that it can be done with a 2000 PDC but not sure about 2003 PDC. This way, I reached a compermise with my client as to having 2003 mail server/PDC while using open source stuff for the high speed file serving production end. I may even have to use ldap and sendmail anyways for the production end which is Linux/Irix based but the glue between Openldap & AD and Sendmail & Exchange will be fun. Any feedback is appreciated as usual, Bri- PS Is any of this stuff regarding interoperability in the how to or how to book (that I ordered :)
At 07:28 PM 10/17/2003 -0400, brian@krusic.com wrote: >Hi, > >Is it possible to have a Windows 2003 server as the PDC and >corresponding Exchange server while having domain members >being Samba 3? Yes, I've done it. There are some tricks to get Red Hat 9 to talk to Win 2k3 (having to do with the MIT Kerberos libraries) if that's your distro of choice. The big trick is to ensure that your Active Directory is running in Native Mode - NOT Native 2003 Mode (won't work). Keep in mind that, if you have already upgraded to Native 2003 mode, you can't revert to Native mode (AFAIK). Terry
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 brian@krusic.com wrote:> Hi, > > Is it possible to have a Windows 2003 server as the PDC and > corresponding Exchange server while having domain members > being Samba 3?Yes.> > I read in the how to that it can be done with a 2000 PDC but > not sure about 2003 PDC.Does it specifically say 2000? Or does it say 200x?> > This way, I reached a compermise with my client as to having > 2003 mail server/PDC while using open source stuff for the > high speed file serving production end.It will work.> I may even have to use ldap and sendmail anyways for the > production end which is Linux/Irix based but the glue between > Openldap & AD and Sendmail & Exchange will be fun.Good luck with this part.> Any feedback is appreciated as usual,Oooo. The feedback could be interesting! :)> Bri- > PS Is any of this stuff regarding interoperability in the > how to or how to book (that I ordered :)Yes. Chapter 6 of the book (7 of the HOWTO) deals with domain membership. - John T. -- John H Terpstra Email: jht@samba.org