Hi All of the above can be handled by reading the doc above >> > > From the above book itself : > > "In order to make the popular request for Samba to be an Active Directory > Server a reality, it is necessary to add to OpenLDAP, Kerberos, as well as > Samba, RPC calls that are not presently supported. The Samba Team has not > been able to gain critical overall support for all project maintainers to > work together on the complex challenge of developing and integrating the > necessary technologies. Therefore, if the Samba Team does not make it a > prior- ity to absorb Kerberos and LDAP functionality into the Samba project, > this dream request cannot become a reality. missing RPCs is not on the Samba > development roadmap. If it is not on the published roadmap, it cannot be > delivered anytime soon. Ergo, ADS server support is not a current goal for > Samba development. The Samba Team is most committed to permitting Samba to > be a full ADS domain member that is increasingly capable of being managed > using Microsoft Windows MMC tools." > > - To make the server a Primary Domain Controller for the Windows network - so that windows boxes can login to the [xxxactive directoryxxx] SMB domain. - Provide Samba shares - Using OpenLDAP for storing credentials and employee info
Absolutely - u cannot create AD controller, you can create NT style PDC/BDC (All the points mentioned in the mail can be handled by NT style PDC/BDC That is why i had mentioned SMB domain and not active directory domain Regards -- Varad Gupta Keen & Able Computers Pvt Ltd 62, Deepak Building 13, Nehru Place New Delhi - 110019 Tel. : +91-11-26426184/5 FAX : +91-11-41808565 [email protected] www.keenable.com _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
