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===Description===

===Description===

Advanced Samba is a SME Contrib to extend SME's Samba functionality to support all standard Windows Server Roles.  Out-of-the-box, SME Server supports Workgroup and Primary Domain Controller Server Roles. These, out-of-the-box, Server Roles address many Windows Network needs, but they do not provide all of the functionality available to todays typical Windows Server.

Advanced Samba is a SME Server contrib to extend SME Servers Samba functionality to support all standard Windows server roles.  Out-of-the-box, SME Server supports workgroup and primary domain controller (PDC) server roles. These, out-of-the-box, server roles address many Windows Network needs, but they do not provide all of the functionality available to todays typical Windows Server.

This document provides procedural and SME specific RPM(s) to configure SME Server to function in all mainstream Windows Server Roles:

This document provides procedural and SME Server specific RPM(s) to configure SME Server to function in all mainstream Windows server roles:

1. '''Domain Member''':  In this Server Role, SME will present Ibays to a Domain as Windows Network Shares, relying on a separate Domain Controller for client/user authentication.  That is, authenticated Windows Network users can access ibays on the SME Domain Member machine without needing a local user account.

====Domain member====

In this server role, SME Server will present ibays to a domain as Windows network shares, relying on a separate domain controller for client/user authentication.  That is, authenticated Windows network users can access ibays on SME Server domain member machines without needing a local user account.

2.  '''Backup Domain Controller''':  In this Server Role, SME will provide all functionality available as a Domain Member, but it can also take over the role as the Domain Controller if certain network conditions exist.  As with the Domain Member Server Role, it is not necessary for the Network Administrator to create user accounts on the SME Backup Domain Controller machine. SME, in this Server Role, will maintain (or replicate) a local copy of user/client authentication information from the Primary Domain Controller in the event that it needs to take on the role of Domain Controller.

====Backup domain controller====

In this server role, SME Server will provide all functionality available as a domain member, but it can also take over the role as the domain controller if certain network conditions exist.  As with the domain member server role, it is not necessary for the network administrator to create user accounts on the SME Server backup domain controller machine. SME Server, in this server role, will maintain (or replicate) a local copy of user/client authentication information from the primary domain controller in the event that it needs to take on the role of primary domain controller.

3.  '''Active Directory Domain Controller''':  This Server Role is very similar to the out-of-the-box SME Server Role Primary Domain Controller (PDC).  In addition to those functions provided by the PDC, the SME Active Directory Domain Controller will maintain a directory of Windows Active Directory Services.

====Active Directory domain controller====

This server role is very similar to the out-of-the-box SME server role primary domain controller.  In addition to those functions provided by the PDC, the SME Server Active Directory domain controller will maintain a directory of Windows Active Directory services.

4.  '''Active Directory Domain Member''':  This Server Role is nearly identical to the Domain Member Server Role except that in this Server Role, SME will have access to Active Directory Services provided by an Active Directory Server.

====Active Directory domain member====

This server role is nearly identical to the domain member server role except that in this server role, SME Server will have access to Active Directory services provided by an Active Directory server.

It should be noted that this Contrib is a work in progress.  Preliminary is provided for all Server Roles and full support for a selection of them, as detailed below.  In time, all Server Roles listed here in will be fully supported by this Contrib.

It should be noted that this contrib is a work in progress.  Preliminary support is provided for all Server Roles and full support for a selection of them, as detailed below.  In time, all server roles listed here in will be fully supported by this contrib.

===Prerequisites===

===Prerequisites===