/etc/passwd - Domain Controller Synchronization

[Charlie Brady]

On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Jorge Silva (Jorge Gomes da Silva) wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm really sorry for sending this again but I was cleaning up my mailbox and
> I forgot that all your answers regarding this subject ("/etc/passwd - Domain
> Controller Synchronization") were still in the Inbox. If all the people who
> sent me answers could please forward them again I'd be very thankful, not
> only because they are technically very relevant but also because I didn't
> have the time to answer them all.
> 
> Thanks again for your help.

OK. Here was my response:

> You will achieve your objective most easily by ditching Windows NT in
> favour of Linux+samba. It does file and print sharing very well. You
> will then only have one password system to worry about.

P.S. The samba mailing list is archived under http://samba.anu.edu.au/.
You can reread any replies that were also sent to the list from there.

Best wishes

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