Now that you mention it I had been told that the next version of Windows would not support mixed mode. I know that next is relative, but I suspect that Win2003 is the next version I was told about.
Note that mixed mode is (was) a transition aid. You can use AD with win98/ME with a patch from Microsoft, so you don't really need mixed mode once the servers are converted. I think that WinNT server will not support AD, so you need to make all the servers NT, 2000, or 2003. -----Original Message----- From: David Boyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 6:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Samba 2.2 and Windows 2003 AD I think it's a question of whether Win2003 retains the ability to operate in mixed-mode (ie, partial AD, partial domain). Samba 2.x still emulates a NT domain, and if they've dropped support completely for NT domains in Win2003, then they're right. That said, it would seem to be fairly stupid to do so since a significant chunk of their clientele hasn't converted to Win2K yet -- but consider the source. Samba 3.x plays better with AD, but I don't know about Win2003. -- db ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lionel Dyck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:20 PM Subject: Samba 2.2 and Windows 2003 AD > We are doing a TCO (with Microsoft - please don't laugh - crying is > allowed) and they are being very adament that Samba 2.2 can not play with > a Windows 2003 Active Directory environment. I found some info that > indicated that Samba 2.2 can play with a Windows 2000 AD but MS is > claiming that Windows 2003 AD is different. > > Can anyone shed any light on this that would help rebut the MS claims?
