On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 01:19:17PM -0700, Jeremy Allison wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:59:36PM -0400, Gman wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I currently have a task to put together a SAMBA (3.2) server that can > > authenticate users to our local AD server. I was told recently that in > > order for that to happen, the authentication needs to be in "mixed" > > mode vice "native" (whatever that means), or it won't work. Can > > someone a bit more knowledgable than I confirm or deny this statement, > > or point me at documents that explain the difference? Thanks in > > advance. > > If the Samba server is merely a member of the AD domain, > then no, you don't need to have the AD domain in mixed > mode. It will work just fine with native mode. > > If the Samba server is a PDC and you need it to have > trusts with the AD domain, then yes, the AD domain must > be in mixed mode.
Sorry, that's wrong. The only thing that native mode prevents is a NT4 BDC, so old-style "net rpc vampire" won't work anymore. Trusts should work. If they don't, please file a bug. Volker
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