[Samba] Can Samba Be a Backup Domain Controller to an NT4 PDC?

[Joris De Pooter]

Basil Copeland a écrit :
> On 6/6/05, Joris De Pooter <joris.de.pooter at atempo.com> wrote:
> 
>>Hello people,
>>
>>taken from
>>http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/samba-bdc.html#minim-bdc
>>
>>
>>>Can Samba Be a Backup Domain Controller to an NT4 PDC?
>>>
>>>No. The native NT4 SAM replication protocols have not yet been fully implemented.
>>>
>>>Can I get the benefits of a BDC with Samba? Yes, but only to a Samba PDC.The main reason for implementing a BDC is availability. If the PDC is a Samba machine, a second Samba machine can be set up to service logon requests whenever the PDC is down.
>>
>>
>>I don't understand what this means.
>>I have a NT4 PDC and a NT4 BDC : they are on a different network.
>>The BDC is old and i'd like to upgrade to Samba3.
>>
>>Do you think it is possible or not ??
> 
> 
> What it means is that if you want Samba to be a BDC, then the PDC has
> to be Samba also.  So, no, it is not possible, as long as your PDC
> remains NT4.


Now with this said, I need to reconsider the project (meaning, 
also upgrading my PDC)...

Anyway, thank you for your quick reply :)


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Joris De Pooter