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- Contributor: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton (samba@samba.org)
- Copyright (C) 1997 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
- Created: October 20, 1997
- Updated: February 25, 1999 (Jerry Carter)
-
- Subject: NT Domain Logons
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-
- As of 1.9.18alpha1, Samba supports logins for NT 3.51 and 4.0 Workstations,
- without the need, use or intervention of NT Server. This document describes
- how to set this up. Over the continued development of the 1.9.18alpha
- series, this process (and therefore this document) should become simpler.
-
- One useful thing to do is to get this version of Samba up and running
- with Win95 profiles, as you would for the current stable version of
- Samba (currently at 1.9.17p4), and is fully documented. You will need
- to set up encrypted passwords. Even if you don't have any Win95 machines,
- using your Samba Server to store the profile for one of your NT Workstation
- users is a good test that you have 1.9.18alpha1 correctly configured *prior*
- to attempting NT Domain Logons.
-
- The support is still experimental, so should be used at your own risk.
-
- NT is not as robust as you might have been led to believe: during the
- development of the Domain Logon Support, one person reported having to
- reinstall NT from scratch: their workstation had become totally unuseable.
-
- [further reports on ntsec@iss.net by independent administrators showing
- similar symptoms lead us to believe that the SAM database file may be
- corruptible. this _is_ recoverable (or, at least the machine is accessible),
- by deleting the SAM file, under which circumstances all user account details
- are lost, but at least the Administrator can log in with a blank password.
- this is *not* possible except if the NT system is installed in a FAT
- partition.]
-
- This *has* been reported to the NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM digest.
-
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- Please note that Samba 2.0 does not **officially** support domain logons
- for Windows NT clients. Of course, domain logon support for Windows 9x
- clients is complete and official. These are two different issues.
-
- Samba's capability to act as a Primary Domain Controller for Windows NT
- domains is not advertised as it is not completed yet. For more information
- regarding how to obtain the latest development (HEAD branch) source code
- and what features are available, please refer to the NT Domain FAQ on-line
- at the Samba web site under the documentation page.
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