<chapter id="samba-pdc">
-
<chapterinfo>
- &author.jerry;
&author.jht;
+ &author.jerry;
<author>
<firstname>David</firstname><surname>Bannon</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>dbannon@samba.org</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>
- <pubdate> (26 Apr 2001) </pubdate>
</chapterinfo>
<title>Domain Control</title>
</para>
<sect1>
-<title><Features and Benefits</title
+<title>Features and Benefits</title>
<para>
The following functionalities are new to the Samba-3 release:
</itemizedlist>
<para>
-The following functionalities are NOT provided by Samba 3.0:
+The following functionalities are NOT provided by Samba-3:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<para>
Please note that Windows 9x / Me / XP Home clients are not true members of a domain
-for reasons outlined in this article. Therefore the protocol for
-support of Windows 9x-style domain logons is completely different
-from NT4 / Win2k type domain logons and has been officially supported for some
-time.
+for reasons outlined in this article. Therefore the protocol for support of Windows
+9x / Me style domain logons is completely different from NT4 / Win2k type domain logons
+nd has been officially supported for some time.
</para>
<para><emphasis>
MS Windows XP Home edition is NOT able to join a domain and does not permit
-the use of domain logons.</emphasis>
-</para>
+the use of domain logons.
+</emphasis></para>
<para>
Samba-3 offers a complete implementation of group mapping between Windows NT groups
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-<para>Read the chapter about the <link linkend="passdb">User Database</link>
-for details.</para>
+<para>
+Read the chapter about the <link linkend="passdb">User Database</link> for details.
+</para>
<note><para>
The new tdbsam and ldapsam account backends store vastly more information than
</sect2>
<sect2>
-<title>Preparing for Domain Control<title>
+<title>Preparing for Domain Control</title>
<para>
The following outlines the steps necessary for configuring Samba-3 as an MS Windows NT4 style PDC.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- Retrieving a list of users and groups from a Samba PDC to
- Windows 9x / Me / NT / 200x / XP Professional clients
+ Retrieving a list of users and groups from a Samba PDC to Windows 9x / Me / NT / 200x / XP
+ Professional clients
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-<note>
-<para>
+<note><para>
Roaming Profiles and System/Network policies are advanced network administration topics
that are covered separately in this document.
-</para>
-</note>
+</para></note>
<para>
-Implementing a Samba PDC can basically be divided into 4 broad
-steps.
+Implementing a Samba PDC can basically be divided into 4 broad steps.
</para>
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
</orderedlist>
<para>
-There are other details such as user profiles, system policies, etc.
-However, these are not necessarily specific to a Samba PDC as much as they are
-related to Windows NT networking concepts.
+There are other details such as user profiles, system policies, etc. However, these are not
+necessarily specific to a Samba PDC as much as they are related to Windows NT networking concepts.
</para>
</sect2>
Therefore, a Samba PDC will also act as a Windows 9x logon server.
</para>
-
<warning>
<title>security mode and master browsers</title>
</warning>
</sect2>
+
</sect1>
<sect1>