HP CIFS Server 3.0d Administrator's Guide version A.02.02 (Edition 5)

NT Style Domains

Conﬁgure the HP CIFS Server as a BDC

Chapter 482

HP CIFS does not implement a true SAM database and nor its

replication. HP CIFS implementation of BDCs is very much like a PDC

with one important difference. A BDC is conﬁgured like a PDC except

the smb.conf parameter, domain master, must be set to no.

NOTE security: Set this parameter to user to ensure that Windows users,

client machine accounts, and passwords are stored and managed in the

smbpasswd ﬁle or LDAP backend.

domain master: Set this parameter to no in order for the HP CIFS

Server to act as a BDC.

domain logon: Set this parameter to yes to provide netlogon services.

Encrypt passwords: You set this parameter to yes, the passwords used

to authenticate users are encrypted. You must set this parameter to yes

when you conﬁgure HP CIFS Server to act as a BDC.

Promote a BDC to a PDC in a Samba Domain

If a PDC fails or needs to be taken out of services, simply set "domain

master = yes" on a BDC. It will then register the appropriate NetBIOS

names and will assume the PDC role.