With samba4 you need no hack in any case. You just need the ads tools from Microsoft.
----------------------------------------------- EDV Daniel Müller Leitung EDV Tropenklinik Paul-Lechler-Krankenhaus Paul-Lechler-Str. 24 72076 Tübingen Tel.: 07071/206-463, Fax: 07071/206-499 eMail: muel...@tropenklinik.de Internet: www.tropenklinik.de ----------------------------------------------- -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: samba-boun...@lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-boun...@lists.samba.org] Im Auftrag von Michael da Silva Pereira Gesendet: Donnerstag, 13. Oktober 2011 06:55 An: samba@lists.samba.org Betreff: Re: [Samba] samba 3.60 vs Windows 7 and a PDC replacement So if I tried samba 4, you saying my chances of getting this to work are higher? Will the regedit hack be required in samba4? Kind Regards, Michael da Silva Pereira +27 (0) 11-251-2000 +27 (0) 82-851-2690 On 13 October 2011 06:45, Jorell <jore...@fastmail.net> wrote: > All Samba 3.x are NT-Style Domains (requires NetBIOS) and Samba 4 is Active > Directory Services (ADS) (requires DNS). > Samba 3.x cannot also be a domain controller with windows servers, however > Samba4 can also be a domain controller with windows servers. > Chances are your Windows Server is Active Directory Services. > > here is some light reading: > http://wiki.samba.org/index.**php/Samba4_joining_a_domain<http://wiki.samba. org/index.php/Samba4_joining_a_domain> > http://wiki.samba.org/index.**php/Samba4/HOWTO<http://wiki.samba.org/index.p hp/Samba4/HOWTO> > > > > On 10/12/2011 6:52 PM, Lumeng Lim wrote: > >> I have the same problem. >> >> we tried with samba 3.4 and win7 just can't be joined to samba pdc and >> winxp isnt loading the domain user properly. >> >> tried the registry hack with no avail too >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> *Subject: *[Samba] samba 3.60 vs Windows 7 and a PDC replacement >> *From: *Michael da Silva Pereira <mich...@tradepage.co.za> >> *To: *samba@lists.samba.org >> *Date: *Thu Oct 13 03:28:33 2011 >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am scratching my hair a bit with a situation to replace a Windows >>> SBS with >>> something more usable and less rubbish :) >>> >>> I have 2 basic queries: >>> 1.) With samba 3.60 do I still need to the registry hack on windows 7 to >>> join the domain? >>> 2.) Could I simple kill the SBS box, and advertise my smb as the existing >>> domain. (Obviously creating the same users, and possibly manually >>> adding all >>> the computers to the domain). >>> >>> It's a very big network and going to a few hundred machines doing a reg >>> hack, and then joining a domain and copying profiles is just not an >>> option >>> at this stage :( >>> >>> Any advice would be much appreciated. >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> Michael da Silva Pereira >>> >> >> >> > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/**mailman/options/samba<https://lists.samba.org/mail man/options/samba> > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba