Thanks Nathan. I did think that the existence of my NT4 PDC would be a problem. Due to the time restraint on this project I will be opting out of using SAMBA+LDAP until later this year after I have figured it all out in a test environment at which point I will migrate the entire domain over.
Cheers, Travis -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nathan Vidican Sent: February 28, 2006 6:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] Need Advice Okay, first off: You cannot replicate/use Samba as a BDC when an actual NT server is the PDC; though functionally the same, the storage and back-end facilities differ too much from NT4 to Samba+LDAP to necessitate PDC/BDC relationships. NT4 has it's own way of communicating with BDC's and it's not the Samba way. So, make a choice: Samba+LDAP vs NT4... personally, my monies on Samba+LDAP. We're running Samba PDC & BDCs here using OpenLDAP trees slaved with slurpd replication to a master tree - works great (knock on wood) for about 75 office and engineering users here. Domain trust relationships do exist, but to what extent that will be useful to you is beyond me, I opted for the 'all-opensource' route myself. If an inter-domain trust relationship can be setup, using the usernames/account information from the current PDC; then I'd go with creating a new domain/PDC using samba at the second site and try it personally. This would make it easier for you to eventually migrate the main site over and get away from NT4... not to mention give you some practical experience with the remote site vs having to migrate/figure it all out at the same time. But again, the inter-domain trust relationship(s) between NT4 PDC and a Samba+LDAP PDC are beyond the scope of my skills and better left to others on this list to answer. I just thought it a good point to point out that replication between NT4 PDC/BDC is NOT possible to Samba as a BDC afaik. Travis Bullock wrote: > Alternatively, could I set up a knew Domain in the new location, have the > PDC be Samba but have a two-way trust between the new domain and my old > windows NT 4.0 domain? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis > Bullock > Sent: February 27, 2006 2:04 PM > To: 'James Taylor'; 'Samba' > Subject: RE: [Samba] Need Advice > > Well that is what I was thinking as well, but I was unsure if Samba was able > to act as a BDC. How does the account replication work between my NT4.0 PDC > and the Samba BDC? I do not have the time right now to switch from MS to > Samba at my main site. I am trying to learn the ways of the force in regards > to OpenLDAP and Samba but have not mastered them yet. > > With MS still acting as the PDC, will this negate the possibility of a Samba > BDC? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James > Taylor > Sent: February 27, 2006 1:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Samba' > Subject: RE: [Samba] Need Advice > > Save yourself the costs of having to buy licensing and extra equipment and > run Samba as an NT4 BDC. In my humble belief it would be easier for you to > maintain and less overhead at your remote location where you might have > limited IT support. > > JT > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Travis Bullock > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 12:53 PM > To: Samba > Subject: [Samba] Need Advice > > Greetings, > > > > We are going to be expanding our operations to another city. I currently use > Samba and Winbind to provide shares and file access to my existing locations > users. The account information is kept on a NT4.0 PDC and BDC. > > > > I have connected the new location via OpenVPN. I am wondering how I should > go about expanding my domain. Should I set up another NT4.0 BDC in the new > office and have a local Samba machine get account info from that via > Winbind? Or should I set up the Samba machine as a BDC itself? Is it > possible for a Samba BDC to receive account updates from a NT4.0 PDC? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Travis > -- Nathan Vidican [EMAIL PROTECTED] Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba