On Wed, 21 May 2003, Andreas Baer wrote: > > hi there, > > my name is andreas, > i am working on a company as an administrator for the local network > which uses win2000-clients and unix/linux-servers in one domain. > > at the moment we have only one primary domain controller, which is > the samba implementation for domain logons. samba works fine and there > are no problems in it`s use, > but the problem is that we have a "outpost" of our company in a > different city. the clients from there are also connected to the > samba-pdc which is at our location. this brings the need of a instant > internet connection to send the request for domain logons or for the > transfer of home directories for example. > > now to our problem, > > in one short sentence: > we want to build up one or more backup domain controller for reducing > traffic and costs for the company. > > one location of a bdc would be for example this "outpost". > to solve this problem without microsoft-licences for use of domain > controllers, i searched the internet for a solution. > but it was very hard to find something about samba for use as a backup > domain controller, because this function isn`t really implemented. > > my questions are for now: > > - is there a chance to get samba work as a backup domain > controller, especially for the problem i write above?
Yes. > > - if yes, where can i find some really good explainations and > howto`s for the solution of this problem? http://samba.org/~jht/NT4migration/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf Chapters 4 - 8 might help you. > > - if no, is there a chance that the next releases of samba will > have such an implementation, maybe version 3.x.x or earlier? Can do with Samba-2.2.8a, even better with Samba-3.0.0 due out soon. > > - a little help would be to explain the problem of the backup > domain controller in use with samba from the sight of a samba > developer See document referred to. > > we really have to find a solution for our company`s network > thanks for any reply and sorry, but my english is not the best. :) > Hope it helps. If not, please do let me know what is missing from this document so I can improve it. - John T. -- John H Terpstra Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
