Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 04:59:30 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: perikillo <perikillo@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: join my freebsd box to windows domain? Message-ID: <42E0B572.8000101@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <51d7a51605072122524dba6df5@mail.gmail.com> References: <51d7a51605072122524dba6df5@mail.gmail.com>
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perikillo wrote: > I want to run freebsd 5.4 and join this machine to my windows > 2k3 domain, i just want to browse with my freebsd machine the others > windows clients and windows clients browse my box, i just want to be > another machine on the domain, they are running Windows XP and others > 2k. Fine. Samba can authenticate against an existing Windows domain. > This is my first time i am going to try this, i want to know if > is posible and wich software i need or where i can find some > information about, i search with google, but all the examples talk > about making freebsd domain member or PDC, is the only way...? No. But it's very common to make a Unix box a PDC using Samba. > Them if is posible, i will need samba software? Any information > or link are welcome. www.samba.org? > NOTE: i want to setup this machine and be my backup server on my > Redmond domain, this is way im investigate about this, i think that if > i want to make one Unix system to be my backup system for window > domain system i need to be another client on that domain, im right or > wrong??? You cannot have a Samba box act as a BDC for a Windows PDC, but you can join a domain as a client, and you can read and backup files on network shares if you like. However, most people would rather use a Unix/FreeBSD system as a fileserver rather than some Windows box. -- -Chuck
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