[Samba] FW: Samba 3.0alpha22 machine password usage

[S.D.Chandler]

should I be directing my questions elsewhere?  is there a mailing
list or someone I can talk to about the alpha release?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: S.D.Chandler [mailto:sean.chandler at verizon.net] 
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 9:58 AM
> To: 'samba at lists.samba.org'
> Subject: FW: Samba 3.0alpha22 machine password usage
> 
> 
> also, how does inter-domain trust work in a mixed-mode 
> domain? if my samba machine is joined to an AD domain and 
> wants to look at the groups of an NT domain to which there is 
> bi- directional trust between it and the AD domain how does 
> that work.  in windows even?  I know that AD uses machine 
> passwords but does NT as well?  is the NT domain supposed to 
> authenticate the machine against the AD domain to which it belongs?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: S.D.Chandler [mailto:sean.chandler at verizon.net]
> > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 11:38 AM
> > To: 'samba at lists.samba.org'
> > Subject: Samba 3.0alpha22 machine password usage
> > 
> > 
> > Hello, I have installed the latest alpha of samba 3.0. I
> > Have nearly all of the Active Directory queries working after
> > joining the domain and running kinit.  My question for you is 
> > this.  How is it intended for a linux machine to stay joined 
> > to an Active Directory domain indefinately?  By this I mean, 
> > how come kerberos tickets expire so quickly and are not 
> > renewed automatically?  Is there some service I am not runner 
> > that does this for me?  Do the smbd and winbindd services use 
> > machine passwords?  Basically I want to run AD queries about 
> > users and groups and the like.  How is staying joined to the 
> > domain help me do this and what am I doing wrong?
> > 
> > -s
> > 
>