:Linux Orbit Professional: Configuring Samba as a Windows NT Primary Domain Controller
Linux Orbit Professional: Configuring Samba as a Windows NT Primary Domain Controller Feb 12, 2003, 04 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (8851 reads) (Other stories by John Gowin)
"One of the most important developments over the past two years for GNU/Linux in the enterpise is the increased capabilites of the Samba server package. Samba not only allows GNU/Linux systems and Windows systems to share devices seamlessly, but it can also enable a GNU/Linux system to act as a Primary Domain Controller for a Windows network, something previously reserved for Windows NT server platforms only. Delivering this capability on the stable GNU/Linux platform has made it much easier for large companies to quietly adopt GNU/Linux in the enterprise.
"By building into Samba 2.2.x the capacity for a GNU/Linux server to function as a Microsoft Windows NT Primary Domain Controller (PDC), the Samba developers have pushed GNU/Linux into direct competition with Windows NT/2000. In this article, we'll show you how to set up Samba on your GNU/Linux system as a PDC..."
