[WBEL-users] Roaming profiles

[Johnny Hughes]

On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 10:30 -0500, Joe Aldeguer wrote:
> I'm mulling over the idea of replacing my Microsoft Windows
> 2000 server Active Directory with Samba. I'm tired of dealing
> with expensive server, client licenses.  I am already using White
> Box 3.0 ES for our internal website, proxy server, SMTP, Webmail.
> The ease of using roaming profile using MS AD is the only thing
> holding me back.
> 
> Have you been successful implemeting roaming profiles using Samba
> and what are the pit falls? Most of my users use Win2k Pro and XP.
> 
> Any thoughts suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Joe

My understanding with the current version of samba is that it can not be
a Windows 2000 ADS domain controller ... only as an NT 4 type PDC / BDC.
Anyone know of a way to make a samba machine be a Windows 2000 ADS
domain controller?

Using NT4 roaming profiles is not hard ... and my WhiteBox samba PDC
guide does do it:

 http://www.hughesjr.com/content/view/24/2/Site_News

So if a NT4 type domain is OK, then using samba will work.

If someone knows how to use samba as a Win2000 ADS domain controller,
please post links :)

-- 
Johnny Hughes
<http://www.HughesJR.com/>