[Samba] Migrating from NT4 to samba (do I still need a domain?)

[John H Terpstra]

On Wednesday 05 January 2005 13:31, Paul Smith wrote:
> > Withouth a domain, where will your user definitions come from?
> > Do people log in with the 'this computer' entry or are they
> > logging in with your domain specified?  If you don't have a
> > domain then you will have to run around and make users on
> > all the workstations.
>
> A fair comment - I guess that in the interests of my making the switch
> as invisible as possible to the users (and my sanity) I should look at
> replacing the NT4 domain with a samba domain, yes.
>
> I'd still like the single-box solution.  I don't have hundreds or
> thousands of users so, performance-wise, can I still have the domain
> authentication and file server on the same box?

Yes.

You may find chapters 4 and 5 useful in the book "Samba-3 by Example".
This book can be bought from Amazon.Com or can be freely downloaded from:
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-Guide.pdf

If anything is not clear, or you need more information, feel free to contact 
me directly.

Cheers,
John T.
-- 
John H Terpstra
Samba-Team Member
Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668

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The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556
Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216
Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971
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