FW: [Samba] NT Domain BDC

[Ken Innes]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas [mailto:andreas at conectiva.com.br]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 8:09 AM
> To: Kurt Weiss
> Cc: Nezar Elgaili Elshiekh; 'samba at samba.org.'
> Subject: Re: [Samba] NT Domain BDC
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 08:50:36AM +0100, Kurt Weiss wrote:
> > >Ihave NT domain more than 30 sites in each site ihave BDC can
> i use samba
> > >as
> > >BDC instat of NT BDC for authentication and control share
> please reply me
> > >as
> >
> > u can use samba as BDC and PDC in a domain. - no problem
>
> Huh? How? Can samba get the SAM database from the PDC just as an NT4 can?
>
I'm confused, too . . . in "The Samba Book" by Olaf Borkner-Delcarlo,
 (Suse Press:2001), p.6, the author
states: " . . .  although a Samba server can currently replace a PDC . . .
it
cannot replace a backup domain controller."
then, on p.445, he muddies the issue a little by indicating that
BDC functionality is not yet implemented, but the " . . . BDC extensions are
already available though not documented because the original [Microsoft]
sources are not yet available."
Is this information obsolete? The Samba version the book is based on is
2.0.7,
but I haven't been able to find any documentation that would contradict
this.

The roadmap to samba v3.0 indicates they are working on a migration
from an NT to Samba PDC, which I assume would require replication
of the SAM database, but my understanding is that Microsoft still
considers the SAM proprietary . . . if so, does this mean full PDC/BDC
functionality with promotion/demotion between NT & Samba servers would
conflict with Microsoft patents??

-Ken


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