</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- Adding users via the User Manager for Domains
+ Adding users via the User Manager for Domains or via the Windows 200x Microsoft
+ Management Console.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ Samba-3 introduces replaceable and multiple user account (authentication)
+ back ends. In the case where the back end is placed in an LDAP database
+ Samba-3 confers the benefits of a back end that can be distributed, replicated,
+ and highly scalable.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ Samba-3 implements full Unicode support. This simplifies cross locale internationalisation
+ support. It also opens up the use of protocols that samba-2.2.x had but could not use due
+ to the need to fully support Unicode.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
Acting as a Windows 2000 Domain Controller (i.e. Kerberos and
- Active Directory)
+ Active Directory) - In point of fact, Samba-3 DOES have some
+ Active Directory Domain Control ability that is at this time
+ purely experimental <emphasis>AND</emphasis> that is certain
+ to change as it becomes a fully supported feature some time
+ during the samba-3 (or later) life cycle.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
-So now, what features are covered in this chapter?
+So now, what are the benefits of features mentioned in this chapter?
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
- X
+ Samba-3 can replace an MS Windows NT4 Domain Controller
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- X
+ Samba-3 offers excellent interoperability with MS Windows NT4
+ style domains as well as natively with Microsoft Active
+ Directory domains.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- X
+ Samba-3 permits full NT4 style Interdomain Trusts
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- X
+ Samba has security modes that permit more flexible
+ authentication than is possible with MS Windows NT4 Domain Controllers.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- X
+ Samba-3 permits use of multiple account database backends
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- X
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- X
+ The account (password) database backends can be distributed
+ and replicated using multiple methods. This gives Samba-3
+ greater flexibility than MS Windows NT4 and in many cases a
+ significantly higher utility than Active Directory domains
+ with MS Windows 200x.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
the Server Manager add a machine account for the Samba server.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Next, on the Linux system execute:</para>
+ <listitem><para>Next, on the Unix/Linux system execute:</para>
<para><programlisting>
<command>smbpasswd -r PDC_NAME -j DOMAIN_NAME</command> (samba 2.x)