[Samba] AD Question

Jay Ts jay at jayts.cx
Sat Oct 26 23:07:01 GMT 2002


Harald Kümmerle wrote:
> Is it possible to run a Active Directory in native mode by a Windows 2000 
> server (with 5 CALs), with multiple Samba 3.0 servers, each serving as a PDC 
> for its domain?

No - Samba cannot yet become a domain controller in an Active directory
domain.

However, you can join Samba servers as domain member servers in an
Active Directory domain, even with Windows 2000 running in Native Mode.
In this case, Samba makes use of Windows 2000's PDC emulation mode.

Jay Ts



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