[Gllug] Samba 2 co-existance with AD

[Chris Bell]

On Tue 28 Jun, Ken Smith wrote:
> 
> Hi - I hope you can help with a question about Samba 2. I'm supporting a
> config where there is an old Samba 2 (RH 7) system which has been running
> fine for years. Recently the original NT4 DC has been migrated to a W2K3
> machine and the NT4 box retired.
> 
> Now there are problems with XP SP2 machines unable to map shares. The shares
> were mapped by IP address so nmb/wins issues shouldn’t be a problem. 
> 
> I recall there being some changes to the password authentication
> methods/algorithms from NT4 to AD and I think port 445 began to be used
> rather than 13*. 
> 
> So the basic question - can an XP SP2 machine, which is otherwise part of an
> AD domain, map a share from a machine that would look as if it were share an
> NT4 machine that is not in the AD domain?
> 
   My only experiences with XP SP2 boxes showed that they throw up firewall
messages whenever you try to do anything, and you then have to instruct the
firewall to enable it.


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Chris Bell

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