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-!== DOMAIN.txt for Samba release 2.0.0-alpha11 09 Oct 1998
+!== DOMAIN.txt for Samba release 2.0.4 18 May 1999
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Contributor: Samba Team
-Updated: June 27, 1997
+Updated: December 4, 1998 (John H Terpstra)
-Subject: Network Logons and Roving Profiles
+Subject: Network Logons and Roaming (Roving) Profiles
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A domain and a workgroup are exactly the same thing in terms of network
successfully authenticate against a domain logon server (samba does not
support this, but NT server and other systems based on NT server do).
+As of samba-2.0.0 this is now a work in progress that is expected to
+mature rapidly. Since this document pre-dates samba-2.0.0 it should be
+read from the perspective of it's origins but the reader should understand
+that the following details may NOT be up to date with current development.
+
The SMB client logging on to a domain has an expectation that every other
server in the domain should accept the same authentication information.
However the network browsing functionality of domains and workgroups is
Issues related to the single-logon network model are discussed in this
document. Samba supports domain logons, network logon scripts, and user
-profiles. The support is still experimental, but it seems to work.
+profiles for MS Windows for workgroups and MS Windows 9X clients.
+
+Work is underway to support domain logon for MS Windows NT clients - this
+is mostly working but will undergo much change as the the behaviour of the
+new code matures and becomes easier to manage.
-The support is also not complete. Samba does not yet support the sharing
+Support is also not complete. Samba does not yet support the sharing
of the Windows NT-style SAM database with other systems. However this is
only one way of having a shared user database: exactly the same effect can
be achieved by having all servers in a domain share a distributed NIS or
Configuration Instructions: Network Logons
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To use domain logons and profiles you need to do the following: