Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 22:01:32 -0800 From: Kevin Stevens <groups@pursued-with.net> To: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD be a PDC for microsoft machines? Message-ID: <15AE621C-547C-11D8-9C3B-000A959CEE6A@pursued-with.net> In-Reply-To: <200401312230.50342.racerx@makeworld.com> References: <20040201042005.8421C43D2F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <200401312230.50342.racerx@makeworld.com>
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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
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