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II. Type of installation

Introduction

Samba can operate in various SMB networks. This part contains information on configuring samba for various environments.

Table of Contents
4. User and Share security level (for servers not in a domain)
5. Samba as a NT4 or Win2k Primary Domain Controller
5.1. Prerequisite Reading
5.2. Background
5.3. Configuring the Samba Domain Controller
5.4. Creating Machine Trust Accounts and Joining Clients to the Domain
5.4.1. Manual Creation of Machine Trust Accounts
5.4.2. "On-the-Fly" Creation of Machine Trust Accounts
5.4.3. Joining the Client to the Domain
5.5. Common Problems and Errors
5.6. System Policies and Profiles
5.7. What other help can I get?
5.8. Domain Control for Windows 9x/ME
5.8.1. Configuration Instructions: Network Logons
5.8.2. Configuration Instructions: Setting up Roaming User Profiles
5.9. DOMAIN_CONTROL.txt : Windows NT Domain Control & Samba
6. How to Act as a Backup Domain Controller in a Purely Samba Controlled Domain
6.1. Prerequisite Reading
6.2. Background
6.3. What qualifies a Domain Controller on the network?
6.3.1. How does a Workstation find its domain controller?
6.3.2. When is the PDC needed?
6.4. Can Samba be a Backup Domain Controller to an NT PDC?
6.5. How do I set up a Samba BDC?
6.5.1. How do I replicate the smbpasswd file?
6.5.2. Can I do this all with LDAP?
7. Samba as a ADS domain member
7.1. Installing the required packages for Debian
7.2. Installing the required packages for RedHat
7.3. Compile Samba
7.4. Setup your /etc/krb5.conf
7.5. Create the computer account
7.5.1. Possible errors
7.6. Test your server setup
7.7. Testing with smbclient
7.8. Notes
8. Samba as a NT4 or Win2k domain member
8.1. Joining an NT Domain with Samba 3.0
8.2. Samba and Windows 2000 Domains
8.3. Why is this better than security = server?
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