have you read Samba 3 by Example? it covers some real world examples,
ads joins, etc.
i think you'd want to use a PDC w/ roaming profiles. that way you can
locate all of your user's data on your server and backup your server
instead of a lot of clients. and you'll definitely want a PDC/BDC setup
when you have branch offices. for host name lookup use dynamic dns
dhcp. there's plenty of howtos on how to set that up too, but I can
send you my configs too.
Robert Pollard wrote:> Hi,
>
> I have been reading the older O'Reilly book on Samba. This book
explains in general the concept of NetBIOS and some other related areas.
>
> Do you have any recommendations as to what is available to read that will
take me through the world of Windows networking? I am sitting here reading
these messages and see things like "requires a flat namespace to
function" or "dfs stub server" or "I then bind Samba domain
members using 'net ads join -U domain_admin_login'" and I'm am
at a loss as to what they are talking about.
>
> I have read up on how to setup Samba as a PDC but I don't know why I
would ever want to. Even if I had enough users in our network I still don't
believe there would be any purpose for it. I am leaning more towards using
using LDAP for authentication. I would also like to use for host name lookup
and some other odds and ends.
>
> Is there something out there that would take me by the hand and lead me
through the decision making process of what to use and when to use it, how to
set it up and trouble-shoot it and maybe some other relevant information that
would be needed?
>
> I want to know more about Windows networking but also how to use the best
tools available for what makes sense now and in the future.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert
>