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authorJohn Terpstra <jht@samba.org>1998-12-03 23:14:52 +0000
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!==
-!== DOMAIN.txt for Samba release 2.0.0-beta1 13 Nov 1998
+!== DOMAIN.txt for Samba release 2.1.0prealpha 981204
!==
Contributor: Samba Team
-Updated: June 27, 1997
+Updated: December 4, 1998 (John H Terpstra)
-Subject: Network Logons and Roving Profiles
+Subject: Network Logons and Roaming (Roving) Profiles
===========================================================================
A domain and a workgroup are exactly the same thing in terms of network
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ network. Also, different access rights can be granted to users if they
successfully authenticate against a domain logon server (samba does not
support this, but NT server and other systems based on NT server do).
+As of samba-2.0.0 this is now a work in progress that is expected to
+mature rapidly. Since this document pre-dates samba-2.0.0 it should be
+read from the perspective of it's origins but the reader should understand
+that the following details may NOT be up to date with current development.
+
The SMB client logging on to a domain has an expectation that every other
server in the domain should accept the same authentication information.
However the network browsing functionality of domains and workgroups is
@@ -21,9 +26,13 @@ identical and is explained in BROWSING.txt.
Issues related to the single-logon network model are discussed in this
document. Samba supports domain logons, network logon scripts, and user
-profiles. The support is still experimental, but it seems to work.
+profiles for MS Windows for workgroups and MS Windows 9X clients.
+
+Work is underway to support domain logon for MS Windows NT clients - this
+is mostly working but will undergo much change as the the behaviour of the
+new code matures and becomes easier to manage.
-The support is also not complete. Samba does not yet support the sharing
+Support is also not complete. Samba does not yet support the sharing
of the Windows NT-style SAM database with other systems. However this is
only one way of having a shared user database: exactly the same effect can
be achieved by having all servers in a domain share a distributed NIS or
@@ -71,7 +80,7 @@ the network and download their preferences, desktop and start menu.
Configuration Instructions: Network Logons
-==========================================
+==============================================
To use domain logons and profiles you need to do the following: