Use a Mac as a Domain Controller?!?

[Anonymous]

Hello,
I am just returning to Macs after years of PC-only experiences (argh!). Anyways, I am really getting fed up with all this Windows business, and I’m thinking about going Mac. My only abstacle is that I’d really love to have a domain/profile/logon server. I just heard that this is possible to do with a Mac. Does this setup look reasonable?

All are connected by 100mb router
Comp 1, Mac G4–>Stores usernames, passwords, desktop profiles for the network

Comp 2, Mac G4–>Client comp, able to log on with passwords/profiles stored on Comp 1

Comp 3, PC (Win XP Pro)–>Users can log on to this machine with the same credentials as on the Macs

Also, is there such a thing as a Macintosh Terminal Server (like terminal server on Windows 2k, 2k3 servers)

Any help would be GREATY appreciated!

[Cabbage]

Terminal Services aren’t available but you can automount an Applications folder in Network. You need to install the apps on the server and then all the client Mac would be able to use them.

[Anonymous]

Actually I just did this project getting Mac OS X Client to work as a domain controller for Windows without having Server or without using LDAP.

You need to install Fink and get the newest version of samba. I was banging my head off the wall from that one. Service Pack 4 for Windows 2000 breaks older versions of samba. And XP really does stuff differently. You may even have to do a small registry hack.

If you want a really good article this will help you with the Netinfo stuff
https://www.afp548.com/Articles/Jaguar/sambapdc.html

Just follow that minus the LDAP stuff.

If you have any questions drop me an email.

[Author]

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