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You will need to set up the remote Samba as a BDC, and use LMHOSTS
or WINS so the clients (Windows?) can find the domain controllers I am not sure if Samba can do WINS replication, but even if you
only enable WINS support on the First Samba box, when a windoze box queries it
for a domain controller it “should” pick the one that is on the
same subnet. My experience is that this works about 95% of the time. But on
occasion a 2k or NT box will get a hard-on for a domain controller that’s
a bazillion miles away. (You guessed it > reboot! <) If the link is down, they will authenticate against the local Samba
box, since the last resort is to broadcast. They just won’t be able to
change anything. (The only read-write box is a PDC) The Clients will all need to see the Samba PDC though for things
like password changes, joining the domain etc.. Robert
Toole [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- If I set up 1 Samba PDC here in
Calgary for a group of users here, and I set up another Samba server hundreds
of miles away (Ontario and Tulsa) across a VPN (or a leased line), for another
group of users, will the remote users be authenticated by their remote server,
or the one in Calgary? Is there a way (other than having multiple
domains) to protect this against outages in the connection? Kev. |
- (clug-talk) Samba Question. Kevin Anderson
- Robert Toole
