On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 01:14, Robert Adkins wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I know that this should probably be directed at a Samba-NT Domain > mailing list, however all the links leading to such lists on the > samba.org web-site are broken.
That list is closed. This is the correct list for such questions. > Anyway, I am in the process of replacing a Windows NT 4.0 PDC with a > Redhat Linux 7.3 Samba running machine. I have a little question > regarding the machine accounts. > > There are a few Windows NT and Windows 2000 machines on the network, > those machines also happen to have the same names as the normal users of > those systems. (I didn't set up the network originally. I would have > named them something else.) > > The issue is, would creating the machine accounts that have virtually > the same name as the user accounts be an issue with Linux and Samba? The > only difference between the user and machine accounts would be the > inclusion of the $ after the machine name. For the pure NT domain stuff, this should not be an issue - the $ termination is all that is needed. There might be some Netbios issues, but these would be exactly the same as you have now (with an NT DC). Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] Student Network Administrator, Hawker College [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://samba.org http://build.samba.org http://hawkerc.net
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