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Nomenclature of Server Types</H1 -><DIV -CLASS="TOC" -><DL -><DT -><B ->Table of Contents</B -></DT -><DT ->5.1. <A -HREF="servertype.html#AEN846" ->Stand Alone Server</A -></DT -><DT ->5.2. <A -HREF="servertype.html#AEN853" ->Domain Member Server</A -></DT -><DT ->5.3. <A -HREF="servertype.html#AEN859" ->Domain Controller</A -></DT -></DL -></DIV -><P ->Adminstrators of Microsoft networks often refer to there being three -different type of servers:</P -><P -></P -><UL -><LI -><P ->Stand Alone Server</P -></LI -><LI -><P ->Domain Member Server</P -></LI -><LI -><P ->Domain Controller</P -><P -></P -><UL -><LI -><P ->Primary Domain Controller</P -></LI -><LI -><P ->Backup Domain Controller</P -></LI -><LI -><P ->ADS Domain Controller</P -></LI -></UL -></LI -></UL -><P ->A network administrator who is familiar with these terms and who -wishes to migrate to or use Samba will want to know what these terms mean -within a Samba context.</P -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN846" ->5.1. Stand Alone Server</A -></H1 -><P ->The term <SPAN -CLASS="emphasis" -><I -CLASS="EMPHASIS" ->stand alone server</I -></SPAN -> means that the server -will provide local authentication and access control for all resources -that are available from it. In general this means that there will be a -local user database. In more technical terms, it means that resources -on the machine will either be made available in either SHARE mode or in -USER mode. SHARE mode and USER mode security are documented under -discussions regarding "security mode". The smb.conf configuration parameters -that control security mode are: "security = user" and "security = share".</P -><P ->No special action is needed other than to create user accounts. Stand-alone -servers do NOT provide network logon services, meaning that machines that -use this server do NOT perform a domain logon but instead make use only of -the MS Windows logon which is local to the MS Windows workstation/server.</P -><P ->Samba tends to blur the distinction a little in respect of what is -a stand alone server. This is because the authentication database may be -local or on a remote server, even if from the samba protocol perspective -the samba server is NOT a member of a domain security context.</P -><P ->Through the use of PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) and nsswitch -(the name service switcher) the source of authentication may reside on -another server. We would be inclined to call this the authentication server. -This means that the samba server may use the local Unix/Linux system -password database (/etc/passwd or /etc/shadow), may use a local smbpasswd -file (/etc/samba/smbpasswd or /usr/local/samba/lib/private/smbpasswd), or -may use an LDAP back end, or even via PAM and Winbind another CIFS/SMB -server for authentication.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN853" ->5.2. Domain Member Server</A -></H1 -><P ->This mode of server operation involves the samba machine being made a member -of a domain security context. This means by definition that all user authentication -will be done from a centrally defined authentication regime. The authentication -regime may come from an NT3/4 style (old domain technology) server, or it may be -provided from an Active Directory server (ADS) running on MS Windows 2000 or later.</P -><P -><SPAN -CLASS="emphasis" -><I -CLASS="EMPHASIS" ->Of course it should be clear that the authentication back end itself could be from any -distributed directory architecture server that is supported by Samba. This can be -LDAP (from OpenLDAP), or Sun's iPlanet, of NetWare Directory Server, etc.</I -></SPAN -></P -><P ->Please refer to the section on Howto configure Samba as a Primary Domain Controller -and for more information regarding how to create a domain machine account for a -domain member server as well as for information regading how to enable the samba -domain member machine to join the domain and to be fully trusted by it.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN859" ->5.3. Domain Controller</A -></H1 -><P ->Over the years public perceptions of what Domain Control really is has taken on an -almost mystical nature. Before we branch into a brief overview of what Domain Control -is the following types of controller are known:</P -><DIV -CLASS="SECT2" -><H2 -CLASS="SECT2" -><A -NAME="AEN862" ->5.3.1. Domain Controller Types</A -></H2 -><P -></P -><TABLE -BORDER="0" -><TBODY -><TR -><TD ->Primary Domain Controller</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Backup Domain Controller</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->ADS Domain Controller</TD -></TR -></TBODY -></TABLE -><P -></P -><P ->The <SPAN -CLASS="emphasis" -><I -CLASS="EMPHASIS" ->Primary Domain Controller</I -></SPAN -> or PDC plays an important role in the MS -Windows NT3 and NT4 Domain Control architecture, but not in the manner that so many -expect. The PDC seeds the Domain Control database (a part of the Windows registry) and -it plays a key part in synchronisation of the domain authentication database. </P -><P ->New to Samba-3.0.0 is the ability to use a back-end file that holds the same type of data as -the NT4 style SAM (Security Account Manager) database (one of the registry files). -The samba-3.0.0 SAM can be specified via the smb.conf file parameter "passwd backend" and -valid options include <SPAN -CLASS="emphasis" -><I -CLASS="EMPHASIS" -> smbpasswd tdbsam ldapsam nisplussam plugin unixsam</I -></SPAN ->. -The smbpasswd, tdbsam and ldapsam options can have a "_nua" suffix to indicate that No Unix -Accounts need to be created. In other words, the Samba SAM will be independant of Unix/Linux -system accounts, provided a uid range is defined from which SAM accounts can be created.</P -><P ->The <SPAN -CLASS="emphasis" -><I -CLASS="EMPHASIS" ->Backup Domain Controller</I -></SPAN -> or BDC plays a key role in servicing network -authentication requests. The BDC is biased to answer logon requests so that on a network segment -that has a BDC and a PDC the BDC will be most likely to service network logon requests. The PDC will -answer network logon requests when the BDC is too busy (high load). A BDC can be promoted to -a PDC. If the PDC is on line at the time that the BDC is promoted to PDC the previous PDC is -automatically demoted to a BDC.</P -><P ->At this time Samba is NOT capable of acting as an <SPAN -CLASS="emphasis" -><I -CLASS="EMPHASIS" ->ADS Domain Controller</I -></SPAN ->.</P -></DIV -></DIV -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="NAVFOOTER" -><HR -ALIGN="LEFT" -WIDTH="100%"><TABLE -SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" -WIDTH="100%" -BORDER="0" -CELLPADDING="0" -CELLSPACING="0" -><TR -><TD -WIDTH="33%" -ALIGN="left" -VALIGN="top" -><A -HREF="type.html" -ACCESSKEY="P" ->Prev</A -></TD -><TD -WIDTH="34%" -ALIGN="center" -VALIGN="top" -><A -HREF="samba-howto-collection.html" -ACCESSKEY="H" ->Home</A -></TD -><TD -WIDTH="33%" -ALIGN="right" -VALIGN="top" -><A -HREF="securitylevels.html" -ACCESSKEY="N" ->Next</A -></TD -></TR -><TR -><TD -WIDTH="33%" -ALIGN="left" -VALIGN="top" ->Type of installation</TD -><TD -WIDTH="34%" -ALIGN="center" -VALIGN="top" -><A -HREF="type.html" -ACCESSKEY="U" ->Up</A -></TD -><TD -WIDTH="33%" -ALIGN="right" -VALIGN="top" ->Samba as Stand-Alone Server</TD -></TR -></TABLE -></DIV -></BODY -></HTML ->
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