On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 09:12 +0100, Patrick blitz wrote: > I'm sorry if this has been asked a quadrillion times before, but i was just > wondering about it: > > I know samba can't be a BDC for ADS. I also know that OpenLDAP can sync with > a MS ADS Server.
I don't think it can do that to the extent we would require. > Samba can also auth against both ldap and ADS. so, shoudln't it be possible > to use a > Samba/openLdap server combination as a Local Master kind of think as a type > of BDC for an ADS Domain? No. Samba3 does not have the technology to be an ADS domain controller. Samba4 development already has this, and we hope to have a technology preview soon. > Or are there hugher obstacles like there beeing no way to tell the windows > clients who's their second-in-command master? There is just a very big gap between Samba3 and what ADS requires of a DC. Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett http://samba.org/~abartlet/ Authentication Developer, Samba Team http://samba.org Student Network Administrator, Hawker College http://hawkerc.net
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