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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/DOMAIN_MEMBER.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/DOMAIN_MEMBER.sgml index 9470688089..335e5cc7db 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/DOMAIN_MEMBER.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/DOMAIN_MEMBER.sgml @@ -12,15 +12,18 @@ <sect1> <title>Joining an NT Domain with Samba 3.0</title> +<!--changed by RS: IMHO, this would read better and be easier to reference as a listrather than written out in paragraph form--> + <para> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry><term>"Assumptions:"</term> + <listitem>NetBIOS name: <constant>SERV1</constant></listitem> + <listitem>Win2K/NT domain name: <constant>DOM</constant></listitem> + <listitem>Domain's PDC NetBIOS name: <constant>DOMPDC</constant></listitem> + <listitem>Domain's BDC NetBIOS names: <constant>DOMBDC1</constant> and <constant>DOMBDC2</constant></listitem> + </variablelist> + </para> - <para>Assume you have a Samba 3.0 server with a NetBIOS name of - <constant>SERV1</constant> and are joining a Win2k or NT domain called - <constant>DOM</constant>, which has a PDC with a NetBIOS name - of <constant>DOMPDC</constant> and two backup domain controllers - with NetBIOS names <constant>DOMBDC1</constant> and <constant>DOMBDC2 - </constant>.</para> - - <para>Firstly, you must edit your &smb.conf; file to tell Samba it should + <para>First, you must edit your &smb.conf; file to tell Samba it should now use domain security.</para> <para>Change (or add) your <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#SECURITY"> @@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ <para>in your terminal window. See the <ulink url="net.8.html"> net(8)</ulink> man page for more details.</para> - <para>This process joins the server to thedomain + <para>This process joins the server to the domain without having to create the machine trust account on the PDC beforehand.</para> @@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ means Samba servers now participate in domain trust relationships in exactly the same way NT servers do (i.e., you can add Samba servers into a resource domain and have the authentication passed on from a resource - domain PDC to an account domain PDC.</para> + domain PDC to an account domain PDC).</para> <para>In addition, with <command>security = server</command> every Samba daemon on a server has to keep a connection open to the |