Re: [Samba] Please translate M$ speak: create a new organizational unit

2009-05-18 Thread aurelien sergent
OU is a LDAP unit; MS active directory is a proprietary LDAP. but as it has been said SAMBA 3 doesn't emulate AD, only NT4 PDC. 2009/5/18 Ryan Novosielski novos...@umdnj.edu -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I don't think this is M$ speak, but rather LDAP speak. MargoAndTodd

Re: [Samba] Please translate M$ speak: create a new organizational unit

2009-05-18 Thread Miguel Medalha
I am a bit new to Samba PDC. When a M$ tech article says: Use Active Directory Users and Computers to create a new organizational unit (OU). What does this mean in Samba PDC talk? Please translate. That is LDAP terminology, not MS's. You can do it: google LDAP. There is plenty of

Re: [Samba] Please translate M$ speak: create a new organizational unit

2009-05-18 Thread Michael Ströder
Miguel Medalha wrote: I am a bit new to Samba PDC. When a M$ tech article says: Use Active Directory Users and Computers to create a new organizational unit (OU). What does this mean in Samba PDC talk? Please translate. That is LDAP terminology, not MS's. Hmm, yes and no. In MS AD a

Re: [Samba] Please translate M$ speak: create a new organizational unit

2009-05-18 Thread Miguel Medalha
Hmm, yes and no. In MS AD a OU means a little bit more than in pure LDAP. In AD you create a OU 1. to delegate the administration of a subset of users, groups and computers and 2. to attach a group policy to a subset of users and computers. The term and concept come from LDAP. The way it

Re: [Samba] Please translate M$ speak: create a new organizational unit

2009-05-18 Thread Quinn Fissler
2009/5/18 Miguel Medalha miguelmeda...@sapo.pt Hmm, yes and no. In MS AD a OU means a little bit more than in pure LDAP. In AD you create a OU 1. to delegate the administration of a subset of users, groups and computers  and 2. to attach a group policy to a subset of users and computers.

Re: [Samba] Please translate M$ speak: create a new organizational unit

2009-05-18 Thread Miguel Medalha
...I think that the term and concept came before LDAP - X.500 is what you're thinking of :-) You must consider context. We are speaking relatively here. Organizational unit is an expression of natural human language which certainly predates X.500. If you go down that road you will end

Re: [Samba] Please translate M$ speak: create a new organizational unit

2009-05-18 Thread Gary Greene
On Monday 18 May 2009 05:49:32 am Michael Ströder wrote: Miguel Medalha wrote: I am a bit new to Samba PDC. When a M$ tech article says: Use Active Directory Users and Computers to create a new organizational unit (OU). What does this mean in Samba PDC talk? Please translate.

[Samba] Please translate M$ speak: create a new organizational unit

2009-05-17 Thread MargoAndTodd
Hi All, I am a bit new to Samba PDC. When a M$ tech article says: Use Active Directory Users and Computers to create a new organizational unit (OU). What does this mean in Samba PDC talk? Please translate. Many thanks, -T I have a lot of guesses, but I want to hear it from someone who

Re: [Samba] Please translate M$ speak: create a new organizational unit

2009-05-17 Thread Ryan Novosielski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I don't think this is M$ speak, but rather LDAP speak. MargoAndTodd wrote: Hi All, I am a bit new to Samba PDC. When a M$ tech article says: Use Active Directory Users and Computers to create a new organizational unit (OU). What does this

Re: [Samba] Please translate M$ speak: create a new organizational unit

2009-05-17 Thread Adam Tauno WIlliams
I am a bit new to Samba PDC. When a M$ tech article says: Use Active Directory Users and Computers to create a new organizational unit (OU). What does this mean in Samba PDC talk? Please translate. It doesn't translate; Samba 3.x emulates/provides an NT4 domain, not an Active Directory