Re: [Samba] VPN/WAN Domain members

2010-11-25 Thread Christian Rost
Hi,

the problem you're describing is common to such setups. IMHO the following will 
help you in your setup:

1. raise the VPN timeouts
This should prevent your VPN to go offline.

2. install a PDC/ BDC in each location
Distribute distribute domain specific information to all locations, so you 
don't rely so heavily on your VPN. The samba-howto gives you information about 
the setup (Chapter 5. Backup Domain Control -> LDAP Configuration Notes). 

For this setup you need a Linux-box in each location. Depending on the needed 
performance/ size of your locations/ ... , it can range from something like a 
"Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH with OpenWRT"  up to a small server.


Cheers,

Christian
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ray klassen  wrote--------
Subject: [Samba] VPN/WAN Domain members
Date: 24.11.2010 18:15

>I have about 60 PC's running windows XP behind vpn routers in different 
>locations. I find that they lose connection or sync (or whatever the right
>word 
>is) to the domain periodically, probably when the vpn shuts down due to
>low 
>demand. The result is that any domain user not already in the local
>password 
>hash cache cannot log in and any local share with domain permissions on it
>will 
>not allow the a domain account access if the pc is not rebooted. Is there
>any 
>way to force windows to resync without a reboot or to make XP more fault 
>tolerant to slower connections to the samba domain?
>
>Thanks in advance. etc...
>
>
>
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[Samba] VPN/WAN Domain members

2010-11-24 Thread ray klassen
I have about 60 PC's running windows XP behind vpn routers in different 
locations. I find that they lose connection or sync (or whatever the right word 
is) to the domain periodically, probably when the vpn shuts down due to low 
demand. The result is that any domain user not already in the local password 
hash cache cannot log in and any local share with domain permissions on it will 
not allow the a domain account access if the pc is not rebooted. Is there any 
way to force windows to resync without a reboot or to make XP more fault 
tolerant to slower connections to the samba domain?

Thanks in advance. etc...



  
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