[Samba] Managing win7 machines..

[Daniel Müller]

as with samba4 you do not need a wins server at all.
Just use the dns of the samba4. Point your xp and win 7 clients to that
samba4 dns:
See: [Samba] WG: HOWTO samba4 centos5.5 named dnsupdate drbd simple
failover


On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:46:10 +0100, Collen Blijenberg
<collen at hermanjordan.nl> wrote:
> thx, these 2 packages i did not know yet..
> 
> is samba 3.5.x (and upcoming 3.6.x) still the franky edition ??
> what i actually mean is,  can i use 3.5/3.6 for combining ad/dc and 
> browse/print ?!
> 
> or is that part not working ?!
> 
> Cheers, Collen
> 
> 
> 
> On 29-1-2011 3:39, Rob Townley wrote:
>> FusionInventory.org  OPSI.org
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 2:47 PM,<tms3 at tms3.com>  wrote:
>>>> Ok, i get it...   so both options are horror...
>>>>
>>>> so basically i have to use samba4 for the policies and all.
>>>> and use samba3 on a different machine for the network browsing and
>>>> printing.
>>>> must be do-able....
>>>>
>>>> just 1 question, can i use samba3 for the masterbrowser/wins and make
>>>> samba4
>>>> use that.. (as for as i know the network browse support isn't ready
for
>>>> samba4)
>>> Yes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, and thanx..
>>>>
>>>> Collen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 21-1-2011 8:48, Daniel Müller wrote:
>>>>> No ntconfig.pol anymore. You may use kixtart or other tools. Or
>>>>> Registry-files. But be aware
>>>>> Some registry-things can only be done by administrator and no one
>>>>> else.
>>>>> If
>>>>> you have the most win 7 clients
>>>>> It is better to switch over to samba4. You can then manage your
group
>>>>> policies with Microsoft tools on the fly.
>>>>> With things that samba4 does not support at this moment use a samba
3
>>>>> domain
>>>>> member.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good Luck
>>>>> Daniel
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>>>> Von: samba-bounces at lists.samba.org
>>>>> [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org]
>>>>> Im
>>>>> Auftrag von Collen Blijenberg
>>>>> Gesendet: Freitag, 21. Januar 2011 08:35
>>>>> An: samba at lists.samba.org
>>>>> Betreff: Re: [Samba] Managing win7 machines..
>>>>>
>>>>> I did that, but that doesn't make win7 obey  the ntconfig.pol (nt4
>>>>> policies)
>>>>>
>>>>> as far as i know win7 can't handle these policies, so i think
>>>>> i need an other way to apply policies to win7.
>>>>>
>>>>> thx. Collen.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 20-1-2011 17:17, Wagg, Dave wrote:
>>>>>> I don't know about version 3 but have you made the following
changes
>>>>>> to
>>>>> the
>>>>>> Control Panel à Admin Tools à Local Security Policy  à Local
>>>>>> Policies  à
>>>>> Security options
>>>>>> Change the Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level to
>>>>>> "Send
>>>>>> LM&
>>>>> NTLM responses"
>>>>>> Remove 128 bit encryption on the following 2 items as well:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Network security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP based
CLIENTS
>>>>>>   and
>>>>>>



>>>>>> Network security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP based
SERVERS
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: samba-bounces at lists.samba.org
>>>>>> [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org]
>>>>> On Behalf Of Collen Blijenberg
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 10:42 AM
>>>>>> To: samba at lists.samba.org
>>>>>> Subject: [Samba] Managing win7 machines..
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm curious how others manage their windows 7 machines
>>>>>> on a samba 3.x.x domain ..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> especial the part of policies and scripts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i got the win7 running in the samba domain, but i'm
>>>>>> stuck in the policies part.. and i don't want to use nitrobit for
>>>>>> this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> how do other users do this.. ?!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thx, Collen
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>