[rhn-users] samba in RHEL

[Higareda, Robert]

Windows ME acts as a 98 Box basically in a domain. They can accept
profile setting for accounts and run login scripts but the ME and 98
Machines don't technically participate in the domain. You should be able
to get basic domain functionality out of Samba Domain, like login
scripts and specific drive mappings for the 98/xp pro and 2000 boxes.

Rob Higareda
Linux/Windows Systems Administration
College of Public Health
University of Iowa
200 Hawkins Drive E174GH
IowaCity, IA 52242
Phone: 319-384-5472
E-Mail: robert-higareda at uiowa.edu
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/it
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Jesse Becker
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 5:14 PM
To: Red Hat Network Users List
Subject: Re: [rhn-users] samba in RHEL

On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 04:22:24PM -0500, Fabi?n E. Barco wrote:
> can samba in RHEL 3.0 ES be a PDC or DC for windows OS,
> (95,98,98SE,ME,2000,XP)?

"Yes" for Windows NT, Windows 2000 and WinXP Professional.

"NO" for WinXP Home; WinXP Home edition is not capable of domain
membership
(this is a limitation of WinXP, not Samba)

For Win95 and 98, they can partially be members of a domain, but they
cannot fully participate.  This is a limitation of Windows 95/98.

I do not recall what restrictions, if any, there are on Windows ME.

This is all very well documented in the Samba documentation:
	http://www.samba.org/

Samba is capable of being a member of an Active Directory domain, but it
cannot, so far as I know, be an AD server.

-- 
Jesse Becker
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