Enterprise Networking Planet: Replace Your NT4 PDC with Samba 3 and Linux (Parts 1 & 2)

From Part 1:

“It’s official: as of December 31, 2004, Windows NT4 is no
longer supported by Microsoft, unless you want to buy a year of
custom, paid support. For all of you hardworking sysadmins of NT4
domain controllers who are now wondering what to do, here are some
of your options:

1. “Change nothing. So you lose vendor support–so what? Was it so
   hot in the first place?
2. “Upgrade to Windows XP or 2003. This costs much money in
   licenses, and you may need to upgrade your hardware as well. Plus
   you’ll have a whole new set of bugs and security holes to get
   acquainted with. However, this also gives you Active Directory,
   which may be something you want to move up to.
3. “Replace your NT4 box with a Samba 3 domain controller.

“This series is about option 3…”

Complete Story (Part 1)

Complete Story (Part 2)