On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 14:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 04:40:20PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Can Samba be used as a complete replacement for a Windows 2000 Active Directory >server? I have some vague notion that this can be accomplished by using a combination >of OpenLDAP, Samba, MIT Kerberos, and the OpenAFS file system. To say the least, the >descriptions I have found have been vague as to whether or not I will be able to >completely replace the functionality of an Active Directory server with a similar >setup. > > > > If this is possible, could someone point me to reasonably good documentation on >the subject? > > > > Thanks so much. > > --David > > >From the number of replies I received on this,(none) it seems fair to assume that >this is not entirely possible. Anyone able to tell me what the current limitations >are? I would really like to set up a system using samba as much as possible for >domain and file serving operations. I suppose I can supplement samba with a win2k >server if I have to... ;-) samba can't serve active directory....
you might not really need it. samba does work great as a PDC for large numbers of XP and NT/2k workstations brad > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
