On Tuesday 11 January 2005 15:35, Anders Norrbring wrote:
I have a Samba 3 as the PDC in a net, now there's a need for adding a windows server to the net, preferably as a BDC. Unfortunately you can't mix Samba and Windows DCs, either way around. This is because the replication protocols have not been implemented.
What flavours of Windows will integrate seamlessly with a Samba server? In the way that Install -> join domain -> work as BDC. You can add a windows server, no sweat. We have a Windows 2000 server that's part of a Samba (3 as of monday, was 2.1 before) domain. It's just a member of the domain, and it runs services other than what the DC does - a MS SQL db, tape backup, some more file space ect.
I tried W2003, didn't find a PDC or domain. Same with Win2k. How is it done? I would assume there's a replication service running on a Windows DC that another Windows DC would look for.
I'm just working my way through John H Terpstra's book "Samba 3 By Example" - really useful. It's available as a pdf on the samba website too. -- Kind regards Hans du Plooy Newington Consulting Services hansdp at newingtoncs dot co dot za