Hi all,

I was going through the tutorial given here:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MWBhlaLIxQ

from this I actually implemented samba PDC in my Office using the following directives in my smb.conf file

samba pdc:-

change workgroup
security = user
password encrypted = true


domain logons = yes
domain master = yes
local master = yes
preferred master = yes
os level = 64

enable logon path=\\%N\%U\profile
/* is storing the profile in the user's home directory ,this is Samba's default */

logon drive = H;

add machine script = = /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -c "%u machine account" -d /var/lib/samba -s /bin/false %u

/*
every time a machine , joins a domain the server needs to recognize that computers host name
*/

[homes]

comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writeable = yes
/* to enable the default home directory shares. This will share each
user's home directory as \\server\username*/


[netlogon]
comment = Network logon services
path = /home/samba/netlogon
guest ok = yes
read only = yes
share modes = no

/*
create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
(you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)

*/


[profiles]
comment = users profile
path = /home/samba/profiles
guest ok = no
create mask = 0600
directory mask = 0700



now my questions are as follows ?

1) what is the meaning of the directive os level = 64
2) under the netlogon section , what does share mode = no imply ?

The "os level = 64" line is explained in "man smb.conf". It will effect whether the server wins browsing elections. You can probably leave it as the default.

According to the same man page. The "share mode" option is deprecated and should be left as "yes". However, I don't know the purpose of being in the netlogon section is. You might want to search on the web for: netlogon "share mode = no". I suspect if may have security implications when used in the [logon] share, but will break applications used in a general file share. But I am just guessing. From the man page, this seems to be different from "security = share" security mode, which you wouldn't use anyway on a PDC.

If you have a samba-doc package available, it contains 3 very good manuals for Samba 3.