join my freebsd box to windows domain?

[perikillo]

On 7/22/05, Ross Kendall Axe <ross at axe.homelinux.net> wrote:
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> perikillo wrote:
> >    Hi all.
> >       I want to run freebsd 5.4 and join this machine to my windows
> > 2k3 domain, i just want to browse with my freebsd machine the others
> > windows clients and windows clients browse my box, i just want to be
> > another machine on the domain, they are running Windows XP and others
> > 2k.
> >
> >      This is my first time i am going to try this, i want to know if
> > is posible and wich software i need or where i can find some
> > information about, i search with google, but all the examples talk
> > about making freebsd domain member or PDC, is the only way...?
> 
> If you want other machines on the network to be able to browse this
> machine, then domain member is probably what you want.  It's all in the
> Samba HOWTO at
> http://us5.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba3-HOWTO/domain-member.html#domain-member-server.
> 
> >      Them if is posible, i will need samba software? Any information
> > or link are welcome.
> >
> > NOTE: i want to setup this machine and be my backup server on my
> > Redmond domain, this is way im investigate about this, i think that if
> > i want to make one Unix system to be my backup system for window
> > domain system i need to be another client on that domain, im right or
> > wrong???
> 
> I'm afraid Samba can only act as a BDC to a _Samba_ PDC, so it looks
> like you're out of luck here. This is also in the Samba HOWTO:
> http://us5.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba3-HOWTO/samba-bdc.html#id2549809
> 
> Ross
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   Ok. Resume like Chuck Swiger: 

   "you can join a domain as client and backup the share files"
 
   This is my objective".

     Thanks to all of you guys, all the information is valuable,
because is my first time on this field, next week is going to start
this change, and iam going to start to read and make some test   with
current system.

    IfI i find some problems i will can back i give you the problems
or success of my process.

     Thanks again and greetings to all.