On 1/16/06, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apparently the magic pixie dust is some sort of RPC mechanism. > > Found this here: > http://info.ccone.at/INFO/Samba/Samba-Guide/kerberos.html
I read that as a bit more then "an RPC mechanism". I read that as saying, in order to be an AD DC, Samba would have to have all the functionality it has now, plus all the functionality of an LDAP server, plus all the functionality of a Kerberos server. (Alternatively, much of the functionality of Samba would have to be fitted into an LDAP implementation and a Kerberos implementation. Six of one, half-dozen of the other.) That fits the pattern of how Microsoft designs things: Very high coupling, and poor cohesion. Everything is all tied together in a big knot. > ADS server support is not a current goal for Samba development. Darn. I can't say I'm surprised. Heck, I'm more surprised that Samba works at all, let alone as a mostly-complete replacement for NTLM. It's not like Microsoft is known for enabling interoperability. But still: Darn. -- Ben "Darn" Scott _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
