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by manish_rit21

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Sir,
Please tell me how to make a Linux system as a PDC and how to make users in it and how to make windows users login into the Domain which I have made on Linux system. Will I have to add the Linux doamin into windows system and how will I do it.
Regards,
Manish.

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by schotty

I would have to say the only/best way is to use SAMBA. It is actually quuite commonly minomed as a mere SMB client (from a few of the BBS's I moderate). It can do PDC, BDC, and SMB client duties.

www.samba.org

by schotty

Note::

It was commented that SAMBA couldnt do PDC --
that is now correct. I read thru all of the
documentation and I was wrong. Thanks for the
tip.

Andrew

by mike o

You'll definitely want to use Samba, but be careful, for the last I remember reading in Linux Magazine this summer is Samba can NOT do BDC duties. That may have changed, but I'm not sure.

Samba will do Windows authentication and file and print serving to Windows clients. The Samba configuration includes domain name, etc., and when you have Samba running it will appear in the Network Neighborhood/My Network Places just like a standard Windows machine.

Good luck.

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