text_combined: michael watterson uvtjseircomnet robert sweetnam wrote michael watterson wrote nick murtagh wrote robert sweetnam wrote im pretty certain ubuntu 606 fedora 7 ad authentication wouldnt work unless specified cifs instead smbfs ah never mentioned ad trust works nonad stuff windows including bdcs pdcs works without ad domain smoke mirrors username account even nt40 workstation server tools domain member nearly admin everything pdc fedora plain debian ubuntu connect fine w2k server suspect ad evil dont know ignore cant ignore thats certainly problem nt 40 domains nothing like active directory domainsforestsetc applies either windows 2000 schema 2003 schema compatible extent active directory ldap directory unlike nt4 albeit true ms fashion bent rules example bent rules much windows 2000 server act backup domain controller windows 2003 domainactive directory neither example ad much complicated evil ldap given two essentially quite one would expect ad schemas nightmare although impossible understand im almost convinced evil appreciate larger organisations may deploy kinds things im glad dont support anymore vista era also confirms decision months ago replace server choice 2003 2000 licences chose 2000 advanced server years ago smaller offices one server used set persons workstation dual boot bdc explain syncronise bunch new users added event needing reinstall real single pdc scratch workstation booted bdc promoted new replacement server synced promoted bdc pdc believe since days sort method back domain restore one server back could get back domain simply tape restore would new domain dont need ad login certainly samba much better 8 years ago required downgrading nt logon security old wfw lanmanager format interesting see smb protocol etc really release nonms pdcbdc compatible 2003 2008 servers appear due eu court case mike thu 07 aug 2008 135054 0000 ilug mounting windows shares linux