samba as a DC

[Kevin Colby]

iddwb wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Kevin Colby wrote:
> >
> > It sounds like you are looking to run Samba as a BDC.
> > (capable of authenticating, but deriving all accounts from the PDC)
> > Why not?  Are you trying to merge two PDC's accounts in one BDC?
> 
> No.  I'm trying to leverage the user accounts data base that is centrally
> managed -- I don't want to build my own authentication data base -- but
> want the power of a DC.
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Could you elaborate on what you mean by this?

It sounds like you want a BDC.  If that is the case, I believe you
more or less configure Samba as a domain member, but then set
domain logons = yes.  Anyone have a good BDC setup link?

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc at grainsystems.com