[Samba] FW: Samba 3.0alpha22 machine password usage

[S.D.Chandler]

also, how does inter-domain trust work in a mixed-mode domain?
if my samba machine is joined to an AD domain and wants to
look at the groups of an NT domain to which there is bi-
directional trust between it and the AD domain how does that
work.  in windows even?  I know that AD uses machine passwords
but does NT as well?  is the NT domain supposed to authenticate
the machine against the AD domain to which it belongs?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: S.D.Chandler [mailto:sean.chandler at verizon.net] 
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 11:38 AM
> To: 'samba at lists.samba.org'
> Subject: Samba 3.0alpha22 machine password usage
> 
> 
> Hello, I have installed the latest alpha of samba 3.0. I
> Have nearly all of the Active Directory queries working after 
> joining the domain and running kinit.  My question for you is 
> this.  How is it intended for a linux machine to stay joined 
> to an Active Directory domain indefinately?  By this I mean, 
> how come kerberos tickets expire so quickly and are not 
> renewed automatically?  Is there some service I am not runner 
> that does this for me?  Do the smbd and winbindd services use 
> machine passwords?  Basically I want to run AD queries about 
> users and groups and the like.  How is staying joined to the 
> domain help me do this and what am I doing wrong?
> 
> -s
>