[Samba] Windows Domain Question

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 01:14, Robert Adkins wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> 	I know that this should probably be directed at a Samba-NT Domain   
> mailing list, however all the links leading to such lists on the   
> samba.org web-site are broken.

That list is closed.  This is the correct list for such questions.

> 	Anyway, I am in the process of replacing a Windows NT 4.0 PDC with a   
> Redhat Linux 7.3 Samba running machine. I have a little question   
> regarding the machine accounts.
> 
> 	There are a few Windows NT and Windows 2000 machines on the network,   
> those machines also happen to have the same names as the normal users of   
> those systems. (I didn't set up the network originally. I would have   
> named them something else.)
> 
> 	The issue is, would creating the machine accounts that have virtually   
> the same name as the user accounts be an issue with Linux and Samba? The   
> only difference between the user and machine accounts would be the   
> inclusion of the $ after the machine name.

For the pure NT domain stuff, this should not be an issue - the $
termination is all that is needed.  There might be some Netbios issues,
but these would be exactly the same as you have now (with an NT DC).

Andrew Bartlett

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Andrew Bartlett                                 abartlet at pcug.org.au
Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team  abartlet at samba.org
Student Network Administrator, Hawker College   abartlet at hawkerc.net
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