samba - Dec 2003 - Can domain logon requests handled by Samba Configured as a Member Server.

Hi

Windows NT as Backup domain controller can participate in the logon 
process. When a user logs on to a domain, the logon request can be 
handled by any primary or backup domain controller. This spreads the 
logon processing load across the available servers.

Can this be done when we configure Samba as just a Member Server? or 
DoesSamba has to be setup as PDC In order to handle logon requests?


with Regards
YS

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Yeri Swamy wrote:
> Hi
>
> Windows NT as Backup domain controller can participate in the logon
> process. When a user logs on to a domain, the logon request can be
> handled by any primary or backup domain controller. This spreads the
> logon processing load across the available servers.
>
> Can this be done when we configure Samba as just a Member Server? or
> DoesSamba has to be setup as PDC In order to handle logon requests?
Domain Member servers do NOT run the network logon service. Samba-3 can be
configured as a PDC or as a BDC. Samba-3 can NOT be a BDC to a Windows NT4
PDC. Windows NT4 can NOT be a BDC to a Samba-3 PDC.

Samba-3 can be configured as a BDC to a Samba-3 PDC. For information
please refer to the Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf.

A Samba-3 BDC functions in precisely the same way as an NT4 BDC so far as
handling of domain logons is concerned.

- John T.
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John H Terpstra
Email: jht@samba.org