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Grant This link [1] points to a solution to a problem I had connecting Vista to Samba for shares only. I expect you'll need this as part of your PDC solution which I was under the impression was possible but have no direct experience of as yet. Historically, I've swapped out Vista installs for XP installs using the Vista downgrade rights. [1] http://www.crc.id.au/2006/11/23/windows-vista-and-samba-shares/ Regs Martin Grant Sewell wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm looking to install a server at work that will serve Windows > machines. I'm in two minds about the best way to approach this. > > Essentially all they *need* is a central point for emails and file > storage (with security in mind too, though), but they would *like* to > have a hotdesk capability - so any user info is stored on the server > and the server acts as a central point of authentication. > > They have Windows XP and Windows Vista Business machines. > > In VirtualBox on my Ubuntu laptop I installed a virtual Windows XP and > a virtual Debian Stable. On the virtual Debian I installed Samba and > configured it to be a Windows PDC. After a little tweaking on the XP > front (modifying a single registry entry), the virtual XP now > authenticates against Samba and loads up a roaming profile nicely (and > creates one if no existing profile exists). > > Vista Business, however, doesn't. I've tweaked the same registry entry > on Vista that made XP work, but to no avail. > > So, I'm now in three minds as to how to proceed. > > One side of me is saying "stick to Samba as PDC with Dovecot and other > things and figure out why Vista won't load roaming profiles from Samba". > > Another side of me is saying "look for a Linux distro that sorts this > out for you". > > The final side of me says "they don't actually *need* roaming profiles > or hotdesking, so don't worry about the PDC thing at all". > > Now, ideally I'd like to find option 2, and if that doesn't exist, > option 1 (mainly because I like a challenge and don't like quitting > when something becomes awkward). > > So, does anyone know of a distro that allows you to quickly set up as > a central point of authentication for Windows machines (I don't mind if > it's not a "Window Domain Controller" - as long as it lets Windows > machines auth against it)? > > If not, does anyone have experience getting Vista machines to join, > auth against and load roaming profiles from a Samba PDC? > > Cheers all. > Grant. :) > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html