On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 1:41 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) I assume that as the NICs are on the same server (PDC & WINS) the WINS > server part of Samba will store both NIC IPs in the wins.dat file and that > it'll answer WINS queries from both subnet without a problem. Dynamic data > will be stored on the PDC so I assume this will be easy. Am I on safe > ground here?
My WINS servers have 2 to 6 NICs each. No problems there. > 2) I plan to have a server on each subnet that will hold the static data > and act as BDCs relieving the load on the PDC. Effectively, the content > will be identical but as staff update data on one, is there a way of > binding the server shares together so one updates the other. I know you > can bind two drives on a unix box together with mount --bind. Has anyone > tried binding two samba shares together? Is it easier to script an rsync > -u . I would make one machine a WINS, DNS, and PDC server with no shares other than the logon share and possibly user homes. Then I'd set up two more servers that did nothing but share files, with 2 NICs in each. Many of my file servers have 4 NICs in them and work fine. Complexity is the enemy of reliability - I would avoid synchronizing shares and instead architect so that a single set of shares can be reached by all. NICs are cheaper than the time it takes to build reliable synchronized file shares. > 3) Finally, I need to run login scripts based on group membership but with > static data shares mounted on a different server depending on the subnet > you're on. Any tips on stacking login scripts? Can samba do this. You can dynamically generate your logon scripts. See here: http://freshmeat.net/projects/exampleadvancedsambaloginscript/ > Any hints and tips appreciated. I have limited time to do this and set up > three web servers with limited time for testing but that's life. I've found keeping my PDC/logon servers separate from my "heavy lifter" file servers saves me much pain; I can work on login and authentication issues separately from load and permissions problems. I also use DHCP to set my windows clients to "hybrid" mode. option netbios-dd-server 192.168.0.1; option netbios-node-type 8; # 1 B-node: Broadcast - no WINS # 2 P-node: Peer - WINS only. # 4 M-node: Mixed - broadcast, then WINS # 8 H-node: Hybrid - WINS, then broadcast # It should be obvious that this is a bit-mapped value, more info in RFCs 1001 and 1002 You can really clog up a network fast with broadcast name resolution, so you want to restrict that as much as possible. --Charlie -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
