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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. Nomenclature of Server Types
4.1. Stand Alone Server
4.2. Domain Member Server
4.3. Domain Controller
4.3.1. Domain Controller Types
5. Samba as Stand-Alone Server
5.1. User and Share security level
5.1.1. User Level Security
5.1.2. Share Level Security
5.1.3. Server Level Security
5.1.4. Domain Level Security
5.1.5. ADS Level Security
6. Samba as an NT4 or Win2k Primary Domain Controller
6.1. Prerequisite Reading
6.2. Background
6.3. Configuring the Samba Domain Controller
6.4. Creating Machine Trust Accounts and Joining Clients to the Domain
6.4.1. Manual Creation of Machine Trust Accounts
6.4.2. "On-the-Fly" Creation of Machine Trust Accounts
6.4.3. Joining the Client to the Domain
6.5. Common Problems and Errors
6.6. What other help can I get?
6.7. Domain Control for Windows 9x/ME
6.7.1. Configuration Instructions: Network Logons
7. Samba Backup Domain Controller to Samba Domain Control
7.1. Prerequisite Reading
7.2. Background
7.3. What qualifies a Domain Controller on the network?
7.3.1. How does a Workstation find its domain controller?
7.3.2. When is the PDC needed?
7.4. Can Samba be a Backup Domain Controller to an NT PDC?
7.5. How do I set up a Samba BDC?
7.5.1. How do I replicate the smbpasswd file?
7.5.2. Can I do this all with LDAP?
8. Samba as a ADS domain member
8.1. Setup your smb.conf
8.2. Setup your /etc/krb5.conf
8.3. Create the computer account
8.3.1. Possible errors
8.4. Test your server setup
8.5. Testing with smbclient
8.6. Notes
9. Samba as a NT4 or Win2k domain member
9.1. Joining an NT Domain with Samba 3.0
9.2. Why is this better than security = server?
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