WinXP & Samba & ADS

[Andrew Bartlett]

Peter Trifonov wrote:
> 
> Hello
> > On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Peter Trifonov wrote:
> >
> > > I have dual boot PC with WinXP and Linux Mandrake
> > > installed with the same network configuration on
> both
> > > systems. WinXP is a member of Win2k ADS domain.
> Is it
> > > possible to use XP's domain membership data in
> order
> > > to make Linux with Samba installed  to join the
> domain
> > > under the same account as XP?
> >
> > No.
> 
> Could you please explain what prevents Samba from
> using already existing membership information?

Could you please explain how you would supply Samba with the information
required to be a domain client?  Also explain how you would commuicate
this information back to WinXP when the Samba end updates it.

Andrew Bartlett

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