On 01/07/10 11:37, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
Hey, all. I've used Samba a lot, but took a job about four years ago during which time I've only used it for one-off projects. Looks like I might take a new job, though, and I'll get to call the shots. I'd *love* to have Samba with AD running things, and just have Windows in-place as clients (possibly with Exchange... can't win 'em all). Is this feasible in this day and age? I know (or, at least, think I do) that Samba isn't currently in shape to share DC duties with Windows boxes (at least, in a production environment), but can it be a standalone AD DC, perhaps with other Samba DCs? Thanks! -Ken
Samba 3 (to be best of my knowledge) can not be an AD DC. It can however be a "NT4-style" DC. You can have multiple DC's with Samba (PDC plus one or more BDC.) If you are running MS Exchange, you will need an AD DC. In my environment we a separate AD domain for MS Exchange, and have to duplicate some of the accounts. I think even if I had trusts set up between the two domains, MS Exchange would not let me create accounts for an "NT4" user. You could still make Samba 3.x a member server in the AD domain. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
