Samba PDC/BDC

[Thomas Charron]

On 1/16/06, Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com> wrote:
>
> Apparently the magic pixie dust is some sort of RPC mechanism.
> Found this here:
>   http://info.ccone.at/INFO/Samba/Samba-Guide/kerberos.html
>
>     At this time, the integration of LDAP, Kerberos, and the missing
> RPCs is not on the Samba development roadmap. If it is not on the
> published roadmap, it cannot be delivered anytime soon. Ergo, ADS
> server support is not a current goal for Samba development. The Samba
> Team is most committed to permitting Samba to be a full ADS Domain
> member that is increasingly capable of being managed using Microsoft
> Windows MMC tools.


  Umm.  Note the features in Samba 3.0:

*1)  Active Directory support.  Samba 3.0 is now able to
**     join a ADS realm as a member server and authenticate
**     users using LDAP/Kerberos.
*
  I don't know if this is entirely acurate, as I haven't tried it, ever, but
that was one of the big points of Samba 3.

  Thomas
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