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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/DOMAIN_MEMBER.html b/docs/htmldocs/DOMAIN_MEMBER.html index 6ae8e7a49d..051b72f8d0 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/DOMAIN_MEMBER.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/DOMAIN_MEMBER.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE -></TITLE +>security = domain in Samba 2.x</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.57"></HEAD @@ -15,11 +15,20 @@ ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV +CLASS="TITLEPAGE" +><H1 +CLASS="TITLE" +><A +NAME="AEN1" +>security = domain in Samba 2.x</A +></H1 +><HR></DIV +><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN2" +NAME="AEN3" >Joining an NT Domain with Samba 2.2</A ></H1 ><P @@ -85,6 +94,11 @@ TARGET="_top" > smbpasswd(8)</A > man page for more details.</P ><P +>There is existing development code to join a domain + without having to create the machine trust account on the PDC + beforehand. This code will hopefully be available soon + in release branches as well.</P +><P >This command goes through the machine account password change protocol, then writes the new (random) machine account password for this Samba server into a file in the same directory @@ -104,11 +118,11 @@ CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I ><NT DOMAIN NAME></I ></TT ->. - <TT +>.<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I -><Samba Server Name></I +><Samba + Server Name></I ></TT >.mac</TT ></P @@ -242,7 +256,32 @@ CLASS="SECT1" ><HR><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN65" +NAME="AEN67" +>Samba and Windows 2000 Domains</A +></H1 +><P +>Many people have asked regarding the state of Samba's ability to participate in +a Windows 2000 Domain. Samba 2.2 is able to act as a member server of a Windows +2000 domain operating in mixed or native mode.</P +><P +>There is much confusion between the circumstances that require a "mixed" mode +Win2k DC and a when this host can be switched to "native" mode. A "mixed" mode +Win2k domain controller is only needed if Windows NT BDCs must exist in the same +domain. By default, a Win2k DC in "native" mode will still support +NetBIOS and NTLMv1 for authentication of legacy clients such as Windows 9x and +NT 4.0. Samba has the same requirements as a Windows NT 4.0 member server.</P +><P +>The steps for adding a Samba 2.2 host to a Win2k domain are the same as those +for adding a Samba server to a Windows NT 4.0 domain. The only exception is that +the "Server Manager" from NT 4 has been replaced by the "Active Directory Users and +Computers" MMC (Microsoft Management Console) plugin.</P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT1" +><HR><H1 +CLASS="SECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN72" >Why is this better than security = server?</A ></H1 ><P @@ -256,7 +295,7 @@ CLASS="CONSTANT" to be a local Unix user fred to represent that user in the Unix filesystem. This is very similar to the older Samba security mode <A -HREF="smb.conf.5.html#SECURITYEQUALSERVER" +HREF="smb.conf.5.html#SECURITYEQUALSSERVER" TARGET="_top" >security = server</A >, @@ -264,6 +303,16 @@ TARGET="_top" NT server in the same way as a Windows 95 or Windows 98 server would. </P ><P +>Please refer to the <A +HREF="winbind.html" +TARGET="_top" +>Winbind + paper</A +> for information on a system to automatically + assign UNIX uids and gids to Windows NT Domain users and groups. + This code is available in development branches only at the moment, + but will be moved to release branches soon.</P +><P >The advantage to domain-level security is that the authentication in domain-level security is passed down the authenticated RPC channel in exactly the same way that an NT server would do it. This |