samba - May 2004 - Microsoft in a Samba Domain

We are planing to move from Netware to Samba in the near future. The 
trouble we have is that we have about 50 Microsoft servers in various 
Domains and Workgroups. These will be brought into the new domain 
structure when they are replaced (In the near future as well). If we 
could then we would replace all the Microsoft servers (who wouldn't) but 
they are application servers that will cost to much to replace. When 
Samba is  the PDC and we are authenticating to an LDAP directory, will 
Microsoft be able to use the LDAP directory  in a Samba Domain?


Mark

> We are planing to move from Netware to Samba in the near future. The 
> trouble we have is that we have about 50 Microsoft servers in various 
> Domains and Workgroups. These will be brought into the new domain 
> structure when they are replaced (In the near future as well). If we 
> could then we would replace all the Microsoft servers (who wouldn't)
but
> they are application servers that will cost to much to replace. When 
> Samba is  the PDC and we are authenticating to an LDAP directory, will 
> Microsoft be able to use the LDAP directory  in a Samba Domain?
No,  M$ never authenticates using an LDAP directory (even in an Active
Directory realm).   The servers will authenticate against the Samba DC,
which will use the LDAP directory on their behalf.