Can FreeBSD be a PDC for microsoft machines?

[Kevin Stevens]

On Jan 31, 2004, at 20:30, Chris wrote:

>>> I want to know if FreeBSD can operate as a Primary Domain
>>> Controller in a Network, because where I live everybody has
>>> microsoft computers so I want to use FreeBSD as server
>>> instead Windows NT o 2000.


> Hmm - I don't know if Samba can do what I *think* he means. Allow me to
> expand. I'm thinking he means as in Active Directory. A Domain.

It's no use guessing at what he means.  What he *says* is a PDC in 
place of a NT server.  Samba can do that.  Active Directory is just 
that, a directory service, not a domain controller.  A Samba PDC can't 
host Active Directory, but neither can NT.

> I first did a fast search of the ports - See below:
>
> racerx# make search key="active dir" | more
> Port:   adtool-1.2
> Path:   /usr/ports/sysutils/adtool
> Info:   Active Directory administration tool
> Maint:  joseph at randomnetworks.com
> Index:  sysutils
> B-deps: expat-1.95.6_1 gettext-0.12.1 gmake-3.80_1 libiconv-1.9.1_3
> openldap-cli
> ent-2.1.26
> R-deps: openldap-client-2.1.26

I believe hat's a tool to permit access (via LDAP) to an Active 
Directory registry existing on a W2K/XP machine.

KeS