Specifications
Conguring SMB General Settings
Use the General settings to select the server role and provide the description,
computer name, and workgroup for the server.
To congure SMB General settings:
1 Open Server Admin and connect to the server.
2 Click the triangle at the left of the server.
The list of services appears.
3 From the expanded Servers list, select SMB.
4 Click Settings, then click General.
5 From the Role pop-up menu, set the Windows server role:
Choose “Standalone Server” if you want your server to provide SMB le and print Â
services to users with accounts in the server local directory domain. The server
will not provide authentication services for Windows domain login on Windows
computers. This is the default.
Choose “Domain Member” if you want your server to provide Windows le and Â
print services to users who log in to the Windows domain of a Mac OS X Server PDC
or the Active Directory domain of a Windows server. A domain member can host
user proles and network home folders for user accounts on the PDC or the Active
Directory domain.
Choose “Primary Domain Controller (PDC)” if you want your server to host a Â
Windows domain, to store user, group, and computer records, and to provide
authentication for domain login and other services. If no domain member server is
available, the PDC server can provide Windows le and print services, and it can host
user proles and network home folders for users with user accounts on the PDC.
Choose “Backup Domain Controller (BDC)” if you want your server to provide Â
automatic failover and backup for the Mac OS X Server PDC. The BDC handles
authentication requests for domain login and other services as needed. The BDC can
host user proles and network home folders for user accounts on the PDC.
Note: Mac OS X Server can host a PDC only if the server is an Open Directory master,
and can host a BDC only if the server is an Open Directory replica. For information
about Mac OS X Server directory and authentication services, including Open Directory
master and replicas, see Open Directory Administration.
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