[olug] Samba and XP

[Bob McCoy]

You are correct, Kent.  That is one of the main distinctions ... XP Home
cannot join a domain (it also doesn't do EFS).  Everything else = same.
Bob.

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
Kenton Brede
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 10:43 AM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [olug] Samba and XP


On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 08:32:51AM -0500, Phil Brutsche wrote:
> Craig Wolf wrote:
> >This may sound stupid but I have a big fish I am trying to catch and 
> >don't want to put my foot in my mouth.  Will XP work with Samba?  I 
> >have a new location that I may be taking over and I want a Linux 
> >server in place of my competitors choice of Win2003 but this keys on 
> >the above question.
> 
> The basic file and print server functionality will work fine.
> 
> If you want to use Samba as a domain controller you'll need to make 
> some
> registry hacks on each XP machine.

In addition, if you want the DC stuff to work make sure you aren't using
XP home addition.  This may have changed but when I was setting up our
DC about 6 months ago that was the case.  
http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/
is a good place to start.
Kent  

-- 
"I am always doing that which I can not do, 
   in order that I may learn how to do it." --Pablo Picasso

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