The BDC pretty much gets the same treatment as the PDC. Meaning I would have to set-it up like an LDAP server?
Can I just copy my smb.conf from my LDAP server, and make a few adjustments? What would those changes or what should I look for to change in my BDC smb.conf configuration? -mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John H Terpstra Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:10 PM To: [email protected]; Msdigital Subject: Re: [Samba] LDAP master-slave and BDC ? On Thursday 19 May 2005 20:04, Msdigital wrote: > I am a bit confused, about the LDAP master-slave and BDC. I have an > Samba-LDAP server that serves as my PDC. All my users authenticate to this > server. I would like to set up a BDC for failover. What is the difference > between a BDC and a LDAP Slave server? A BDC is a NT4 domain controller that handles network logon authentication. A Samba BDC will relay all network account updates to a PDC. Only the PDC will write to the passdb backend. A BDC will read authentication data from the passdb backend it is configured to use. A Slave LDAP server is a read-only mirror of an LDAP Master server. A PDC would normally be directed at a Master LDAP server, but can work with a Slave LDAP server. If a PDC is configured to use a Slave LDAP server all write requests to the directory will be handled via a referral to the Master LDAP server. In other words, all write requests are handled by the Master LDAP server. It does not matter whether a BDC uses a Master or a Slave LDAP server - it only ever reads directory information from it. What do you mean by fail-over? A BDC can handle network logon requests, but it can never replace a PDC. In other words, the PDC is still the weakest link. If a PDC is off the air for a prolonged outage the network will eventually fail. > Second part. > > Does anyone on this list have this type of configuration, PDC-BDC or > Master/Slave and can help do the same? Please refer to the book: "Samba-3 by Example" Chapters 5 and 6. You can obtain a copy from: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-Guide.pdf Enjoy. - John T. -- John H Terpstra Samba-Team Member Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668 Author: The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556 Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216 Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971 Other books in production. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
