On 19-Dec-07, at 07:45 , parag vibhute wrote:
> Understood. So for Windows server, I will require to check samba &
> for Mac OS X server, I will require to use PDC. But please tell how
> should I approach to solve my issue as I am newbee in this?
>
> Thanks,
> Palav
>
> On Dec 19, 2007 7:46 AM, Andre-John Mas <
email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On 18-Dec-07, at 01:10 , parag vibhute wrote:
>
> > My machine is dhcp configure. But when I logged in, I logged into
> > the machine & not in the domain.
> >
> > Where can I find details of "Workgroup" & "Domain"? & Suppose if my
> > machine is a member of open director of Mac OS X server then will
> > this work?
> >
> > My goal is to find out the domain to which my machine belongs/will
> > belong when I configure Windows or Mac Server.
>
> Windows domains are not a native Mac feature and the MacOS X does its
> best
> to support them, through Samba. Documentation on Samba can be found
> here:
>
>
http://www.samba.org/>
> In order to be part of a Windows domain you have to be connected to,
> and
> accepted by a Windows domain server. MacOS X Server provides an option
> to be a PDC (Primary Domain Controller), which allows computers to be
> part of domain, where there are a centralised notion of users and
> groups.
>
> Workgroups are virtual 'communities', in that there is no central
> control
> of users and groups and the workgroup notion is more to provide an
> easy
> way of associating computers without central control.
>
> Andre
>
>
>
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