From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 31 22:01:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2A3F16A4CE for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 22:01:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from pursued-with.net (adsl-66-125-9-242.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net [66.125.9.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E76143D2D for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 22:01:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from groups@pursued-with.net) Received: from [192.168.168.101] (fffinch [192.168.168.101]) by pursued-with.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 399E09CB44; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 22:01:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200401312230.50342.racerx@makeworld.com> References: <20040201042005.8421C43D2F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <200401312230.50342.racerx@makeworld.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v612) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <15AE621C-547C-11D8-9C3B-000A959CEE6A@pursued-with.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Kevin Stevens Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 22:01:32 -0800 To: Chris X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.612) cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD be a PDC for microsoft machines? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 06:01:26 -0000 On Jan 31, 2004, at 20:30, Chris wrote: >>> I want to know if FreeBSD can operate as a Primary Domain >>> Controller in a Network, because where I live everybody has >>> microsoft computers so I want to use FreeBSD as server >>> instead Windows NT o 2000. > Hmm - I don't know if Samba can do what I *think* he means. Allow me to > expand. I'm thinking he means as in Active Directory. A Domain. It's no use guessing at what he means. What he *says* is a PDC in place of a NT server. Samba can do that. Active Directory is just that, a directory service, not a domain controller. A Samba PDC can't host Active Directory, but neither can NT. > I first did a fast search of the ports - See below: > > racerx# make search key="active dir" | more > Port: adtool-1.2 > Path: /usr/ports/sysutils/adtool > Info: Active Directory administration tool > Maint: joseph@randomnetworks.com > Index: sysutils > B-deps: expat-1.95.6_1 gettext-0.12.1 gmake-3.80_1 libiconv-1.9.1_3 > openldap-cli > ent-2.1.26 > R-deps: openldap-client-2.1.26 I believe hat's a tool to permit access (via LDAP) to an Active Directory registry existing on a W2K/XP machine. KeS