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

Introduction to the HP CIFS Server

HP CIFS Enhancements to the Samba Server Source

Chapter 112

• Support Windows NT logon scripts

• View resources on a Samba PDC using Microsoft’s “Server manager

for Domain” tool

• Support local and roaming proﬁles

• Support the speciﬁed logon home share to a Samba server

Exceptions:

Version A.01.08 of the HP CIFS Server does not support Security

Accounts Manager (SAM) databases (containing NT user account

information) nor does it provide any Backup Domain Controller (BDC)

features, and will not support BDCs in a domain in which it is serving as

a PDC.

Advantages of the Domain Model

The Windows NT domain model provides a number of advantages:

• Windows NT administrators may group workstations and servers

under the authority of a domain controller

• Domain member servers may be centrally administered by using

domains to group related machines

• The domain controller can be a central machine which performs all

user logons and authentication

Primary Domain Controllers

The Primary Domain Controller (PDC) is responsible for several tasks

within the domain. These include:

• Authenticating user logons for users and workstations that are

members of the domain

• Acting as a centralized point for managing user account and group

information for the domain

• A user logged on as the domain administrator can add, remove or

modify account information on any machine that is part of the

domain