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Re: Linux as a DC



Hi Noam,

I haven't played for a long time with Samba, but if memory serves correctly, 
the stable versions of Samba can only operate as BDC (Backup Domain 
Controller), which means - you still Windows NT/2000 server to be a PDC 
(Primary Domain Controller)

However, upon looking at freshmeat.net in the last few days, I've seen a new 
version of samba - version 2.2.0 alpha 3 - which now can operate as PDC for 
Windows NT/2000 clients (and Windows 9x of course, although they don't really 
use the PDC/BDC functions much). This is not a stable version, but feel free 
to use it..

>From my past experience with the Samba team - they're quickly responding to 
any problems.

Good Luck,
Hetz


> Hi!
> Recently I became a volunteer in an organization called "latet"
> (www.latet.org.il), as a sysadmin.
> Anyway, I have some plans how to improve their network structure. I
> decided that first I will install a Linux server there for NAT (I prefer
> masq over win98se shared connection, like the situation is now) and file
> server and some other services.
> Then I came to the idea of making a Domain Controller. After some
> reading I found that the only way of doing so is using a pre-release
> version of Samba.
>
> Anyway, I would like to hear from you if any1 had any previous
> experience with such a thing, maybe comments or other suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
> Noam Meltzer
> tsnoam@zahav.net.il
>

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