On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 11:49 -0800, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > Josh Kelley <joshkel at gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't think that that Samba can serve as a PDC to NT 4.0 > > BDCs (or vice versa); the HOWTO says it's impossible, and > the > > 2.2 release notes make no mention of it. > > Then it must be 3.0 that Samba can fully replicate to/from > PDC and BDCs. 2.2 (and 2.0 IIRC?) offered the functionality > of a PDC or BDC, but only with Samba itself. ---- No - samba 3.0.x cannot fully replicate to/from PDC/BDC http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/samba- pdc.html#id2530254 "New to Samba-3 is the ability to function fully as an MS Windows NT4- style domain controller, excluding the SAM replication components. However, please be aware that Samba-3 also supports the MS Windows 200x domain control protocols." using LDAP and various replication possibilities, the implication of SAM on multiple Domain Controllers is possible, but not the reality. Craig