HP CIFS Server 2.2i Administrator's Guide version A.01.11.01

Primary Domain Controller (PDC) Support
Introduction
Chapter 488
— AS/U
• Users on a domain member machine can access network resources
within the domain. Some examples of these resources are file and
printer shares and application servers
• Domain members do not perform the user authentication for user
logons. Instead, the member sends the credentials to a domain
controller via a secure channel. The domain controller checks the
credentials against those in its database and returns the results to
the member server. Access is granted based on the results returned