On Wed, Apr 4, 2018, 11:08 michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have one instance of Windows Server 2012 R2 180 day trial running in > Virtualbox > on top of CentOS 7. > That should work... Do I need two to three instances of Windows 2012 R2 to implement DFS > properly? Probably not for the tests you are running... I mean, replication is probably Windows Server only, but that's not critical to verifying that Samba clients can connect... There are plenty of Windows 10 computers in the office, can the DFS > server reference > a single share across two Windows 10 systems? > Probably...? I didn't see anything that specifies any requirements of the Target folders. If you aren't using replication, I don't even see a reason why a Samba server can't be a Target... Of course, one could simply try... Do I need to bridge Windows Server 2012 R2 or is the default NAT that > virtual box > does good enough? Can I set a different IP address when I bridge? The > Linux box is > on 192.168.1.2, I don't want the Windows Server to share that IP > address. I want the > Windows box to be on 192.168.1.xxx. > The clients have to be able to ping the DFS server. I imagine it could be done despite NAT, but I would want everyone on the same subnet, same broadcast domain, same NAT layer... How do I implement Active directory? I apparently have to use Active > directory if I'm > going to implement MS-DFS. > I don't think that Active Directory is a strict requirement... The example in the How To is in Directory mode, but it says a Stand-Alone mode is available... On the other hand... If the original system in question is in ActiveDirectory, then all of the clients will have to be in ActiveDirectory as well, and that may be part of your problem... Other than that, can I use a samba server to replace a Windows server if > I have to have > multiple servers? > I think that's what the server oriented discussion on the aforementioned Samba wikis was talking about... _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
