[nflug] I am windows inept

[Darin Perusich]

When you say "machines with users" I'm going to assume that you mean 
local accounts on said workstation/laptop, and by "roaming users" 
network/domain users.

IMHO in a networked environment where you have a domain controller there 
is almost never any reason for local user accounts with the exception of 
administrative accounts or local account which can perform admin tasks 
in the event the network user repository is unavailable. On Windows once 
you login to the system your domain username and password are cached 
temporarily which allows you to logoff, take the machine off-site and 
login with the domain account. You can do the same on Linux if you have 
certain pam modules installed.

Eric Benoit wrote:
> Hi I configured an LDAP-Samba ADS which works perfectly now, except I 
> don't know that much about Windows and methods of configuring 
> workstations/users...
> 
> I have my smb/ldap automatically adding machines when I authenticate as 
> admin and can add roaming users as well, but my issue is I don't know if 
> both can be the same...
> 
> can a roaming user be apart of a machine... this doesn't seem likely to 
> me because they are both users in smb/ldap
> 
> if this is true then my question would be..
> 
> when should I use roaming users and when should I use machines with users
> 
> I would love to read something about this, but all the documentation I 
> can find is weighted towards setting up samba and LDAP.
> 
> Can anyone point me in the right direction?
> 

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Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corporation
395 Youngs Rd.
Williamsville, NY 14221
Phone: 716-633-3463
Email: darinper at cognigencorp.com