HP CIFS Server 3.0b Administrator's Guide version A.02.01.01

NT Style Domains
Introduction
Chapter 480
• HP CIFS Server and MS Windows server can each function as a BDC
to its own type of PDC.
• HP CIFS Server cannot create Security Account Management (SAM)
update delta files. It cannot interoperate with a PDC to synchronize
the SAM from delta files that are held by a BDC.
• The Samba 3.0 BDC does not support replication to a PDC. Running
a Samba 3.0 BDC with a non-LDAP backend can have the difficulty
in synchronizing the SAM database. Refer to Table 5.1, Domain
Backend Account Distribution Option, in the Official Samba
HOWTO and Reference Guide for more information on possible
design configuration for a PDC/BDC infrastructure.
Domain Members
• The following member servers are supported:
— Windows NT
— Windows 2000 and Windows 2003
— HP CIFS Server
• 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