I know that it's possible, Samaba3 supports NT4 PDC and BDC role. Samba4 will/does support AD role. And in meantime there is other options for LDAP servers. Windows 7 can be put in VM using KVM or Xen ...

If you’d like to set up a domain controller on the cheap, Samba makes this possible. Here’s how. With the help of Samba, it is possible to set up your Linux server as a Domain Controller. Before you ...

Jack Wallen shows you how to deploy an Active Directory Domain Controller on Ubuntu Server 20.04, with the help of Samba. Gartner releases 4 trends that will impact cloud, data centers and ...

I'm exploring replacing a NT4 server which is the domain controller and file server for a small network of 6 client machines. However, I've never used samba before, or anything else to do it. The ...