On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Gabriel Matthews wrote: > > I might see the answer here in the HOWTOs... I didn't see this before.. > *sigh* > > Can Samba be a Backup Domain Controller to an NT4 PDC? > With version 2.2, no. The native NT4 SAM replication protocols have not > yet been fully implemented. The Samba Team is working on understanding and > implementing the protocols, but this work has not been finished for > Samba-3. > > Can I get the benefits of a BDC with Samba? Yes, but only to a Samba PDC. > The main reason for implementing a BDC is availability. If the PDC is a > Samba machine, a second Samba machine can be set up to service logon > requests whenever the PDC is down. > > > So.. I guess the question needs to be directed to the SAMBA development > team, do they expect to have this functionality implimented in the final > release of SAMBA 3, or does anybody know yet?
Answer: No! Samba-3 is not able to do SAM replication with an NT4 domain controller (PDC or BDC). All we can offer is SAM download using the Vampire facility. ie: "net rpc vampire" - as documented in the NT4 Migration chapter. - John T. > > Gabriel > > On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, [ISO-8859-1] G�mes G�za wrote: > > ! Gabriel Matthews �rta: > ! > ! >I have looked a bit through some of the archives for this list, and I have > ! >caught different ideas on this matter.. I've also read through the > ! >HOWTOs on how to do this stuff, but I haven't received the same results > ! >that I was expecting, so I need someone to help me out a bit, give me a > ! >definite YES or NO and if YES, how? > ! > > ! >I have the latest release candidate of samba 3 installed on redhat-9. I > ! >want to make it a BDC with my existing NT 4 domain in a remote office on > ! >its own subnet. I also want to use Winbind to help keep from having to > ! >have local accounts on the machines, so anybody can do what they want to > ! >on any server. I have no LDAP server to play with either, > ! > > ! >So, the question is: Can Samba 3 function as a BDC in an NT4 domain, with > ! >an NT4 server as PDC? If it is possible, what are the tricks to getting > ! >the samba server to join the domain as a BDC and communicate properly with > ! >the PDC? If it is NOT possible, does it then become necessary to make > ! >the PDC of the domain a samba machine, and have all the NT machines > ! >function as BDCs? > ! > > ! >I appreciate any help that you can give me with this.. I know there has to > ! >be tons of people asking this same question over and over again, but again > ! >I do appreciate any help.. Thanks! > ! > > ! >Gabriel Matthews > ! >Network Support > ! >Cinergy Communications > ! > > ! >"No. I am your father." > ! > -Darth Vader, leader, devoted parent, > ! > and friend to all. > ! > > ! > > ! > > ! NO! > ! Samba is able to be a PDC, or a BDC to another Samba, at least this is > ! written in docs. The reason is, that NT4 domain controlers keep domain > ! users, groups, etc in a special part (SAM) of their registry. About the > ! possibility of using winbind on the Samba BDC, it sounds interesting, > ! but I don't know if winbind has a cacheing functionality, needed, if you > ! realy want a true backup sollution. > ! > ! Good Luck! > ! > ! Geza Gemes > ! -- > ! To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > ! instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > ! > ! > > Gabriel Matthews > Network Support > Cinergy Communications > > "No. I am your father." > -Darth Vader, leader, devoted parent, > and friend to all. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- 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
