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Suggested to choose AD as domain controller to ease life of infra and yours ;)<br />
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TY/SA
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Suggested to choose AD as domain controller to ease life of infra and yours ;)

TY/SA

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I have been reading online about the possibility to make Ubuntu server as domain controller, but most articles say:<br />
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&quot;Samba cannot act as an Active Directory Primary domain controller; it can serve as an NT4-style domain controller. &quot;<br />
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I wonder what they mean?<br />
I know windows 2000 DCs and up, there is no primary /secondary DC as NT4, but I am not sure in Ubuntu world, if the only way you can use DC is to install one as PDC and the rest as BDC<br />
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Thank you
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I have been reading online about the possibility to make Ubuntu server as domain controller, but most articles say:

"Samba cannot act as an Active Directory Primary domain controller; it can serve as an NT4-style domain controller. "

I wonder what they mean?
I know windows 2000 DCs and up, there is no primary /secondary DC as NT4, but I am not sure in Ubuntu world, if the only way you can use DC is to install one as PDC and the rest as BDC

Thank you

Configure Ubuntu Linux as Domain Controller

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