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Domain controller
Name: kevin Date: July 9, 2002 at 18:41:36 Pacific
Comment:
Hi All..
can you please tell me what is "domain controller"? and can a workstation (Xp pro) connect to "domain controller"
Name: matt hudski Date: July 10, 2002 at 03:25:23 Pacific
Reply:
XP Pro can connect to a domain comtroller (ie connect to NT/2000 server), XP Home cannot. A domain controller is generally a computer/server which is running an operating system (ie win nt/win 2000) that can control user permissions/sharing and passwords. It has other functions which it can also do but in a single sense it holds/manages a centralised list of users permissions
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Response Number 2
Name: Curt R Date: July 10, 2002 at 07:03:23 Pacific
Reply:
Some minor corrections. In Windows NT you have PDC's and BDC's. A PDC is a primary Domain Controller (only one per domain) and BDC's are Backup DC's. In 2000, you have simply DC's (Domain Controllers) Due to the multimaster replication built into 2000, the old PDC/BDC setup of NT is now passe.
A domain controller handles (most importantly) authentication. Which is to say, allows a user with a valid domain account to log onto the domain and access domain resources. It also can handle other network services such as DNS/DDNS, DHCP, RAS/RRAS, replication between DC's, etc (there's more) But it's primary function is logon authentication.
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Response Number 3
Name: kevin Date: July 10, 2002 at 13:13:34 Pacific
Summary: I work on a laptop at a remote location where I do not have access to the central domain controller. On startup, Windows hangs for 2-3 minutes on "Preparing Network Connections" (something seems to be...
Summary: It is not possible to use Windows XP as a domain controler. You need Either: Windows NT 4.0 Server Windows 2000 Server Windows .net Server (This is the equivelent of XP Server and has not yet been rel...
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