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We have encountered an anomaly that appears to be related somehow to Samba. When users are moved to the new domain hosted by Samba4.3 then the numlock on their keyboards is always turned off when they log onto the domain regardless of its previous setting. This in itself is just a nuisance. However we have an application called SnetTerm, an ssh client, which will not recognise the numlock at

...o authenticate users. I would like to >> distribute the load to different DCs. Is there a way to manually point >> Samba to certain DCs? >> > I don't think you can do this, a quick google found this: > > > http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/Windows7/AdminTips/ActiveDirectory/Hardcodingthelogondomaincontroller.html > > I think that refers more to a Windows client (or indeed one such as sssd that behaves in the same manner), it doesn't mean that if your client can be given a hardcoded DNS name it wouldn't work, as such. My personal setup i...

We have two Samba 4.2.3 servers with FreeRadius to authenticate wireless users against active directory. Using DNS, sometimes both servers end up using the same domain controller to authenticate users. I would like to distribute the load to different DCs. Is there a way to manually point Samba to certain DCs? I tried the following configuration: security = ads password server =

...he exact same program > used on the exact same workstation does not exhibit this issue when > the station belongs to and is logged on to the old domain. Wow, that is the strangest thing I've heard in a while. Does this help ? http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/AdminTips/Customization/EnablingtheNumLockKey.html

I am new to R and have recently tried Tinn-R with very mixed and unexpected results. Can you point me to a Tinn-R tutorial on the web or a decent reference book? Thank you for your help; Charles McClure cmcclure at atrcorp.com cfmcclure at verizon.net