[K12OSN] Using NT Domain Accounts on Clients

[Mark Cockrell]

> Mark Cockrell wrote:
>
>     Ok, maybe it would help if I described my current situation in a
>     bit more detail. I have about 500 WinNT/2K/XP clients accessing a
>     well-established NT domain. All 800+ users have accounts on the
>     domain and user shares distributed by campus (all Elementary users
>     are on one server, Middle School on another, etc.) I'm wanting to
>     set up one thin-client lab at the High School as sort of a "proof
>     of concept" for the upper administration. The logon process has to
>     be as seamless as possible, or the teachers will get frustrated
>     (I'm not worried about the kids) and the whole project will be
>     scrapped. So, I need for the users to be able to sit down at a
>     terminal, enter their user name and password, and have ready
>     access to their files. I'm pretty sure from what I've read that
>     this can be done, but I just haven't been able to get my
>     Microsoft-indoctrinated head around the process, and time is
>     running out on me. 
>
>
> Ah, that's bigger than I was picturing and obviously you can't move 
> stuff around as I was suggesting. I'm not familiar enough with what 
> you're doing to provide the steps you need. I'm sure someone else 
> around here can help, but they might not check the list until Mon. 
> when they get back to work.
>
> Looking just at the config, this page might help out. Problem is it's 
> in Italian, except the configs, and I don't know Italian.
> http://homes.stat.unipd.it/mmzz/Papers/NewVserver/samba3.html
>
> JSR/


Thanks for your input. Now go study! ;)

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C-ya,
Mark
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