From 285c595d168ff2ed7c08f2cc484daf301f4f4f9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Terpstra Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 06:45:53 +0000 Subject: More updates. (This used to be commit 320ab3aabbaaaf8ab9844e85910f78df84a9edf9) --- docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-PDC-HOWTO.xml | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++-- docs/docbook/projdoc/ServerType.xml | 27 +++++++++++++++------------ 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-PDC-HOWTO.xml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-PDC-HOWTO.xml index c0e95e48d9..d00e7243ad 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-PDC-HOWTO.xml +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/Samba-PDC-HOWTO.xml @@ -78,7 +78,21 @@ The following functionalities are new to the Samba-3 release: - Adding users via the User Manager for Domains + Adding users via the User Manager for Domains or via the Windows 200x Microsoft + Management Console. + + + + Samba-3 introduces replaceable and multiple user account (authentication) + back ends. In the case where the back end is placed in an LDAP database + Samba-3 confers the benefits of a back end that can be distributed, replicated, + and highly scalable. + + + + Samba-3 implements full Unicode support. This simplifies cross locale internationalisation + support. It also opens up the use of protocols that samba-2.2.x had but could not use due + to the need to fully support Unicode. @@ -94,7 +108,11 @@ The following functionalities are NOT provided by Samba-3: Acting as a Windows 2000 Domain Controller (i.e. Kerberos and - Active Directory) + Active Directory) - In point of fact, Samba-3 DOES have some + Active Directory Domain Control ability that is at this time + purely experimental AND that is certain + to change as it becomes a fully supported feature some time + during the samba-3 (or later) life cycle. diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/ServerType.xml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/ServerType.xml index 2e6ee5712c..91f0da9d8c 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/ServerType.xml +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/ServerType.xml @@ -51,36 +51,39 @@ like this one we will tell of both. -So now, what features are covered in this chapter? +So now, what are the benefits of features mentioned in this chapter? - X + Samba-3 can replace an MS Windows NT4 Domain Controller - X + Samba-3 offers excellent interoperability with MS Windows NT4 + style domains as well as natively with Microsoft Active + Directory domains. - X + Samba-3 permits full NT4 style Interdomain Trusts - X + Samba has security modes that permit more flexible + authentication than is possible with MS Windows NT4 Domain Controllers. - X + Samba-3 permits use of multiple account database backends - X - - - - X + The account (password) database backends can be distributed + and replicated using multiple methods. This gives Samba-3 + greater flexibility than MS Windows NT4 and in many cases a + significantly higher utility than Active Directory domains + with MS Windows 200x. @@ -282,7 +285,7 @@ security domain. This is done as follows: the Server Manager add a machine account for the Samba server. - Next, on the Linux system execute: + Next, on the Unix/Linux system execute: smbpasswd -r PDC_NAME -j DOMAIN_NAME (samba 2.x) -- cgit