[Samba] BDC, documentation, Machine Accounts Keep Expiring

[Paul Gienger]

>
> I want to create BDC with smbpasswd backend, just because I run ldap 
> master on the same machine as PDC and I don't think that using ldap 
> backend will be far better for me.
>
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> I.e., looks like machines will not change their password when working 
> with BDC (i.e. when PDC is down).
>
> Do I understand this right?

That would appear to be the case.  I guess you've found one good reason 
(of the many) to use an LDAP backend where multiple servers are involved.

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