> Now, everything seems to be going down the pan, and it looks like the > problem is that XP has dropped support for 'old style' controls and > only supports Access Control Lists - so tit seems to log in a user, > but then the permissions are all screwed as it can't get the info it > wants from the server. Reading the howtos suggests that Samba 3* > supports stuff that XP is looking for, but the guy who we've taken on > to do the XP stuff isn't convinced - suggesting that even with 'group > apping (is that the right bit ?) XP will still fail.
Rubbish, we have a Samba 3.0.3 PDC with LDAP SAM and XP with all the latest patches works fine except for the password change issue which is fixed in 3.0.4 (and only started occurring a couple of patches ago). > All I want is for users to have to authenticate against the central > database (LDAP), and for the various group memberships to be honoured > when accessing files off the server. Work great. > Has anyone else dealt with this sort of thing ? Every day, we've had a Samba PDC with LDAP backed since 2.2.1a > Does XP work reliably with Samba 3 as PDC ? Yes. > I'm also told that if we have roaming profiles, then the XP machines > will store loads of c**p on the server and keep moving it back and > forth as each user logs in/out - is this the case ? Yes, if your net-admin is a 'nit, and doesn't define any policies. Even with a "real" PDC you get this behaviour. > Is there any way > of dealing with it (eg having the machine pull the files down as > needed) ? Yes, "ntconfig.pol" > PS - any help gratefully received, preferably before my manager > starts saying things to the effect of "this wouldn't have happened if > you'd stuck with MS". Yes, it all will. You'll face ALL the same issues you've mentioned. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
