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I am running Samba 2.2.3a and have my users logging into the 'samba domain'. My WinNT and WinXP users are working fine with roaming profiles and policies. My problem is my Win98 users. The logon script doesn't seem to be working, i.e. when I log onto a Win98 machine (logging into the domain), the logon script doesn't run. I have opened up the permissions to the logon script

...yes preferred master = yes domain master = yes ---------------------------------------------------------- Lisa M Callei Systems Administrator Dominion Diagnostics 211 Circuit Drive North Kingstown RI 02852 Office: 401.667.0889 FAX: 401.667.0818 email: lcallei@dominiondiagnostics.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail, including attachments, is for the sole use of the individual to whom it is addressed. This message is confidential and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and is exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any unauthorized review, us...

What are my options for implementing password aging using samba as my PDC ? I can set the users Linux password to expire, but it doesn't seem to propagate to their samba passwords. I absolutely need this functionality. Is OpenLDAP the answer? Joseph Morin

I currently have Samba 2.2.7 running as a PDC. I was wondering if I can implement Samba 3.0 on another server and have it act as a BDC to the original (samba 2.2.7) PDC. I this possible? Has anyone else done this? According to 'The Official Samba-3 Howto and Ref guide' "Samba-3 is capable of acting as a Backup Domain Controller (BDC) to another Samba Primary Domain Controller

Here's my situation: I currently have Samba (v. 2.2.7) running on RedHat 7.3, configured as a Domain Controller. Users are logging into the domain and everything is working fine. I must 'upgrade' to RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0. I say 'upgrade', but what I actually have to do is a complete OS install, NOT an upgrade (there is no upgrade path to RHEL3.0 from anything