topic Re: Linux as NT domain possible? in Operating System - Linux

Linux as NT domain possible?

dave_helmut — Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:22:46 GMT

Howdy all, new to the forum. Got a Q for ya:

I have Win98 clients, a Win200 Prof. "server", and a Linux server.

I was thinking to unify login authentication. I don't think I can host
an NT domain with Win2K Prof. I think I can get Linux to pretend to
be an NT domain, right?

So, the question is, how do I make Linux pretend to be an NT domain
which all clients use to authenticate, INCLUDING the Win2K machine?

Thanks!

Dave

Re: Linux as NT domain possible?

david_69 — Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:28:32 GMT

Dood that is totally possible:
http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/samba/samba-pdc.html#pdc

Re: Linux as NT domain possible?

Sergejs Svitnevs — Thu, 17 Apr 2003 14:01:57 GMT

"Linux rules the NT domain"

http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-05/lw-05-thereandback.html

"Samba NT Domain Controller"

http://www.freeos.com/articles/3842/

Regards,
Sergejs

Re: Linux as NT domain possible?

Tim Sanko — Tue, 22 Apr 2003 14:13:06 GMT

There are several options, I recommend Calderra OpenLinux for messing with and controlling NT DOMAINS. This was written by the pros at SCO and they have a ton of experience with making Microsoft actually work...

Tim

Re: Linux as NT domain possible?

Balaji N — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 07:18:51 GMT

http://daniel.fiser.cz/?go=samba

i understand that it can replace a windows nt PDC but doesnt have the advanced features of Windows 2000 Server with ADS and stuff like that.

google for more links.
-balaji

Re: Linux as NT domain possible?

Ralf Puchner — Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:32:23 GMT

SambaTNG (Version 3.x) is the right choice if you will implement all features and Windows OS versions except full ADS support.

Use the samba version included with SUSE 7.x/8.x or Redhat. With this version you can build an PDC for NT/W2K and w9x clients. If you want to authenticate against an existing ADS Server you can use the LDAP option.

Version < 3.0 of samba doesn't support XP and W2K profiles properly. In this case there are some hints, but drive and printersharing works without a problem.