Connecting to a windows NT Domain

Xetox · 08-05-2003, 11:54 AM

I was just wandering is there a way for me to connect this linux machine to log into our ntdomain?

Thanks again......I am sure you all are going to get sick of my questions!

slapNUT · 08-06-2003, 12:46 AM

I think you need to run samba to do that.

www.samba.org

<edit> But that all depends on what you mean by connect? Are you talking file share or http, ftp, telnet?

Xetox · 08-06-2003, 11:32 AM

I am talking about joining a windows NT domain, I am setting this server up in a corperate enviroment, and I want to join it to the domain, so that I can browse the network and share this machine with windows machines.....

djmurray · 08-06-2003, 03:56 PM

You definitely need SAMBA to do what you wish. Microsoft uses a protocol called SMB (server Message Block) for network communications. SAMBA will talk SMB and allow you to see other Windows machines (including Win 98, NT, etc.) AND share disks and printers.

I'd STRONGLY recommend a book "Using SAMBA", published by O'Reilly. It's bailed me out more times than I care to mention. Before I bought it, SAMBA drove me crazy!

Best of luck!