samba - Jul 2005 - Samba as a BDC for W2K3

Hello,

After having read a bunch of documentation on Samba's site, I guess the
answer
is "no", but here comes my question anyway.

What I have:
- A central office with a Windows 2003 Server with Active Directory
- A foreign office, where I will set up a Samba server
- Every client is a Windows XP Professional, in both offices
- A 512 Kbps VPN that links the two offices

I'd like the Samba server to join the same domain the Windows 2003 is and
I'd
like the clients in the remote office to log on against the Samba server (so I
need the Samba server to be a AD domain controller). Is it possible yet? Will
it be possible in a near future? :-?

Thank you.

Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> After having read a bunch of documentation on Samba's site, I guess
> the answer is "no", but here comes my question anyway. 
> 
Yup, your right.
> What I have:
> - A central office with a Windows 2003 Server with Active Directory
> - A foreign office, where I will set up a Samba server
> - Every client is a Windows XP Professional, in both offices
> - A 512 Kbps VPN that links the two offices
> 
> I'd like the Samba server to join the same domain the Windows 2003 is
> and I'd like the clients in the remote office to log on against the
> Samba server (so I need the Samba server to be a AD domain
> controller). Is it possible yet? 
No
> Will it be possible in a near
> future? :-?    
> 
Whenever samba4 is released.  When will it be released?  How long is a piece
of string?
> Thank you.
Geoff