[Samba] why join domain
Alex Forrow
alex-mailinglists at forrow.com
Sat Jul 24 16:56:09 GMT 2004
Once a windows computer is joined to the domain, it will use the PDC to
authenticate for everything, so centralising the user accounts. There is
no need to have local accounts on the clients. If you have few accounts
then this isn't so much of a bonus
Also, there are other nice features of a global account (such as roaming
profiles), but you may not want them.
Hope this helps,
Alex Forrow
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 23:39:16 -1200, brucehohl at access-4-free.com
<brucehohl at access-4-free.com> wrote:
> I've set up a test Samba PDC with a few test shares. From
> the first Windows PC I logged on to a local computer account
> and mapped drives to the shares on the Samba PDC. From the
> second Windows PC I joined the domain and used a logon
> script to connect to the shares.
>
> My question:
> What are the benefits of joining a Windows PC to the Samba
> domain? Both arrangements above appear to meet my needs.
> Thanks for any comments.
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