[Samba] Need Advice

[Travis Bullock]

Well that is what I was thinking as well, but I was unsure if Samba was able
to act as a BDC. How does the account replication work between my NT4.0 PDC
and the Samba BDC? I do not have the time right now to switch from MS to
Samba at my main site. I am trying to learn the ways of the force in regards
to OpenLDAP and Samba but have not mastered them yet.

With MS still acting as the PDC, will this negate the possibility of a Samba
BDC?

-----Original Message-----
From: samba-bounces+tbullock=avmax.ca at lists.samba.org
[mailto:samba-bounces+tbullock=avmax.ca at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of James
Taylor
Sent: February 27, 2006 1:55 PM
To: tbullock at avmaxgrp.com; 'Samba'
Subject: RE: [Samba] Need Advice

Save yourself the costs of having to buy licensing and extra equipment and
run Samba as an NT4 BDC.  In my humble belief it would be easier for you to
maintain and less overhead at your remote location where you might have
limited IT support.

JT

-----Original Message-----
From: samba-bounces+jtaylor=laszlosystems.com at lists.samba.org
[mailto:samba-bounces+jtaylor=laszlosystems.com at lists.samba.org] On Behalf
Of Travis Bullock
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 12:53 PM
To: Samba
Subject: [Samba] Need Advice

Greetings,

 

We are going to be expanding our operations to another city. I currently use
Samba and Winbind to provide shares and file access to my existing locations
users. The account information is kept on a NT4.0 PDC and BDC.

 

I have connected the new location via OpenVPN. I am wondering how I should
go about expanding my domain. Should I set up another NT4.0 BDC in the new
office and have a local Samba machine get account info from that via
Winbind? Or should I set up the Samba machine as a BDC itself? Is it
possible for a Samba BDC to receive account updates from a NT4.0 PDC?

 

Cheers,

 

Travis

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