[Sderby] Suse

[mark wilkes]

Thanks Clive.
Below is a brief description of a domain server.
PDC
Short for Primary Domain Controller, a server in a Windows NT network that
maintains a read-write directory of user accounts and security information.
The PDC authenticates usernames and passwords when members log into the
network. Members only have to log into one domain to access all resources in
the network.
In a trusted relationship, one domain may gain access to other domains. In
this case, members who log into the first domain will have access to the
resources in the other domains.
It is also a good idea to have at least one backup domain controller (BDC)
in a domain.

Windows 2000 (W2K) approaches the domain controller concept a little
differently. Unlike Windows NT, where a PDC must be accessible to make
changes to the directory, W2K relies on Active Directory's multimaster
replication model to update all domain controllers when only one is updated.
There is no PDC or BDC. All domain controllers are equal.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Clive Jones" <clive@tux-it.co.uk>
To: <sderby@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Sderby] Suse


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> On Wednesday 06 Nov 2002 9:32 pm, mark wilkes wrote:
> > Anyway,  why is suse not working ? Do I need to re-install it and
configure
> > as a domain server ? Can I not do this now using yast2 ? Do I need to
> > purchase additional s/w ?
>
> Can you ping the windows machines from the suse box?  If you can, then
> networking is working correctly.
>
> The software you need to cope with windows protocols (NMB/SMB) is called
> Samba.  It comes with suse, so no additional software is required.
>
> To get it working the following should help:
>
> Using the runlevel editor in yast2, you need to ensure that the services
SMB
> and NMB are started in levels 3 and 5.  Older versions of SuSE do not have
a
> NMB entry, so don't worry if they are not there.  The comand line can also
be
> used to do the same thing, i.e. as root
>
> # chkconfig smb on
> # chkconfig nmb on
> # rcnmb start
> # rcsmb start
>
>
> As root, edit the file /etc/xinetd.conf, and comment out the line near the
top
> which disables swat, the samba web administration tool.  Restart xinetd.
>
> Once smb/nmb are running, and xinetd has been restarted, point a browser
to:
>
> http://localhost:901/
>
> and you will get the web interface where you can set shares, printers etc.
>
> HTH
>
> Clive.
>
> PS  What does a domain server do - does anyone have a decent URL that
explains
> the windows terminolgy?
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