webmin.com is great tool for configuring the samba server and many other
features. With samba comes SWAT (http://yourServer'sName:901) is also a
great tool for ease in setting up samba and a pdc.
-----Original Message-----
From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net]On Behalf Of Robert Eanes
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 10:31 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Samba as a PDC
There is a fork of SAMBA out there...
http://www.samba-tng.org/
It sais it's mission is to replace the PDC of a
Windows centric network instead of just being able to
communicate with it. You might want to give it a try.
Never tried it myself, but it was a good read.
R Eanes
--- Mike Branda <mike@wackyworld.tv> wrote:
> Anybody set up samba as a M$ Domain Controller yet??
> I have a localnet
> dns server set up and the Linux and Mac boxes are
> all good but Windows
> wants the Primary Controller set up. I have read a
> few howto's and have
> a working smb.conf that I am about ready to try. I
> just wanted to get a
> heads up from anyone who has already done it that
> might have the scoop.
> I already have a few samba servers doing file
> sharing only as part of a
> "workgroup" so I'm familiar with samba. Just not
> the PDC aspect. Any
> tricks to the profiles and user
> presets/permissions?? Can it be used
> for auth only and not Desktop profiles and such??
>
> Thanks in advance!!
>
> Mike Branda Jr.
>
>
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