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Old 15th July 2008
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Originally Posted by Carpetsmoker View Post
Because according to the samba docs I set up a PDC last week...
The use of "PDC" in the context of Samba is misleading, IMO. While to some degree, yeah, it does have PDC like qualities, it lacks more than it has and I wish there was a better word/acronym to use instead of PDC.

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Originally Posted by samba.org
Samba-3 is not, and cannot act as, an Active Directory server. It cannot truly function as an Active Directory PDC. The protocols for some of the functionality of Active Directory domain controllers has been partially implemented on an experimental only basis. Please do not expect Samba-3 to support these protocols. Do not depend on any such functionality either now or in the future. The Samba Team may remove these experimental features or may change their behavior. This is mentioned for the benefit of those who have discovered secret capabilities in Samba-3 and who have asked when this functionality will be completed. The answer is maybe someday or maybe never!

To be sure, Samba-3 is designed to provide most of the functionality that Microsoft Windows NT4-style domain controllers have. Samba-3 does not have all the capabilities of Windows NT4, but it does have a number of features that Windows NT4 domain controllers do not have. In short, Samba-3 is not NT4 and it is not Windows Server 200x: it is not an Active Directory server. We hope this is plain and simple enough for all to understand.
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/....html#id352849
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