When LDAP support is available it should help the account synchronization problem greatly. We are planning to provide that in the Win2000 timeframe.

Mark Muhlestein -- mmm@netapp.com

-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Quinlan quinlan@transmeta.com To: Keith Brown keith@netapp.com Cc: quinlan@transmeta.com quinlan@transmeta.com; toasters@mathworks.com toasters@mathworks.com Date: Thursday, January 28, 1999 12:10 AM Subject: Re: Samba 2.0 as Windows PDC ?

Keith Brown keith@netapp.com writes:

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Does anyone have any experience using Samba 2.0 as a PDC?

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We don't officially support the use of non-Microsoft domain controllers at this time. Sorry...

Ahem, you didn't actually answer my question.

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Also, what products (like Samba 2.0), if any, are people using to synchronize logins between Unix (NIS) and Windows (NT PDC), especially in a mixed environment using NetApp filers.

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We have one of our own, and it's free! :-) [...] the "SecureShare Account Migrator" tool.

It looks like that tool only lets you go from NT to Unix, which unfortunately is not useful for us. I was hoping for a program that allows NT to stay synchronized with an NIS domain (or just /etc/passwd and /etc/group).

• Dan