have you read Samba 3 by Example? it covers some real world examples,
ads joins, etc.
i think you'd want to use a PDC w/ roaming profiles. that way you can
locate all of your user's data on your server and backup your server
instead of a lot of clients. and you'll definitely want a PDC/BDC setup
when you have branch offices. for host name lookup use dynamic dns
dhcp. there's plenty of howtos on how to set that up too, but I can
send you my configs too.
Robert Pollard wrote:
Hi,
I have been reading the older O'Reilly book on Samba. This book explains in
general the concept of NetBIOS and some other related areas.
Do you have any recommendations as to what is available to read that will take me through the world of
Windows networking? I am sitting here reading these messages and see things like "requires a flat
namespace to function" or "dfs stub server" or "I then bind Samba domain members using
'net ads join -U domain_admin_login'" and I'm am at a loss as to what they are talking about.
I have read up on how to setup Samba as a PDC but I don't know why I would ever
want to. Even if I had enough users in our network I still don't believe there
would be any purpose for it. I am leaning more towards using using LDAP for
authentication. I would also like to use for host name lookup and some other
odds and ends.
Is there something out there that would take me by the hand and lead me through
the decision making process of what to use and when to use it, how to set it up
and trouble-shoot it and maybe some other relevant information that would be
needed?
I want to know more about Windows networking but also how to use the best tools
available for what makes sense now and in the future.
Thanks,
Robert
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