On 18 December 2010 19:57, Gaiseric Vandal <[email protected]> wrote: > Samba 3 won't work as a BDC for a Windows PDC. I don't think Samba 4 would > either but you have to check the documentation at samba.org.
Yes, that's part of the point of Samba 4 :) Samba 4 Alpha 14 should be released in a few days, so perhaps wait for that. If you want to try it right now, just follow the Samba 4 HOWTO, but do not do the provision part. Instead follow the "Join a domain as a DC" instructions: http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO/Join_a_domain_as_a_DC One thing to bear in mind, though, is that Samba 3 is probably the better choice for file and printer sharing. > But you could probably make the samba server a member server in the Windows > domain- assuming that the WAN connection between the two is persistent and > reliable. Or you could just have the external office in a 2nd domain with > trusts between the domains. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of T. Ermlich > Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 9:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Samba] samba to act as bdc for w2k8 AD? > > Hello everybody, > > could samba (version 3 or 4) act as a "bdc" for an w2k8/r2 AD? > > There's one external office with a few users only, and there will be a > samba-based system for file-storage - so if that system could also do > the user-authentication for all users there it'd be nearly perfect ... > > Have a nice weekend! > Torsten -- Michael Wood <[email protected]> -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
