From 0ea126237c266707f564f608d46e437b79626285 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Terpstra Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 23:14:52 +0000 Subject: Updated version info and date in document headers. (This used to be commit f8b811bcda0976c05e0490fb3198a6079e544c55) --- docs/textdocs/DOMAIN.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/textdocs/DOMAIN.txt') diff --git a/docs/textdocs/DOMAIN.txt b/docs/textdocs/DOMAIN.txt index d0c56fcf17..f5b85ea28f 100644 --- a/docs/textdocs/DOMAIN.txt +++ b/docs/textdocs/DOMAIN.txt @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ !== -!== 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: -- cgit