[Samba] Samba as a BDC for W2K3

[Geoff Scott]

Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> After having read a bunch of documentation on Samba's site, I guess
> the answer is "no", but here comes my question anyway. 
> 

Yup, your right.

> What I have:
> - A central office with a Windows 2003 Server with Active Directory
> - A foreign office, where I will set up a Samba server
> - Every client is a Windows XP Professional, in both offices
> - A 512 Kbps VPN that links the two offices
> 
> I'd like the Samba server to join the same domain the Windows 2003 is
> and I'd like the clients in the remote office to log on against the
> Samba server (so I need the Samba server to be a AD domain
> controller). Is it possible yet? 

No

> Will it be possible in a near
> future? :-?    
> 
Whenever samba4 is released.  When will it be released?  How long is a piece
of string?

> Thank you.

Geoff