[Fwd: Re: Dear God I need help]

[Michael S. Hulet]

How much are you paying Microsoft in licensing fees to have NT as your
PDC?   We're paying approximately $0.00 to have samba as our PDC and it
does everything we need it too.  I do miss the service packs however.  :)  


Michael Hulet
Network System Administrator
ITTC, University of Kansas


On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Anthony L. Sollars wrote:

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> dear all,
> 
> Looks like you want to run NT as the PDC, and samba to serve up the file
> sharing. I have this configuration running on my network and it is
> bullet proof. NT being the PDC requires it to be the authenticator, but
> in actuality both NT and samba on the linux box are authenticating to a
> certain extent, because the user who needs access to shares served off
> the samba box, must have access accounts on both machines. If you have
> any questions, please feel free to ask. I know setting this up for the
> first time is not the easiest.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
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> Anthony L. Sollars
> Technology Coordinator
> Star of the Sea School
> 1411 Grand Ave.
> Astoria, Or 97103
> (503) 325-3771
> sollarsa at starofthesea.pvt.k12.or.us
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