RE: Windows domains and group policy

Jeff,

It has to be Windows Server OS to be a domain controller.

I would be careful about eliminating WINS, unfortunately.  Active
Directory does not need it, but if you have older applications that
depend on NetBIOS resolution, you may still need it.  We still run it
just to be safe.  On DNS, the Windows DNS is "Active Directory Aware".
I think it is possible to run DNS somewhere else, but the easiest thing
is to run it on the domain controllers.

Jim Reinardy
Badger Meter, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 8:02 AM
To: 'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'
Subject: RE: [PCTECH] Windows domains and group policy

> Bring up two domain controllers (an old W98 machine hardware would be 
> fine, BTW) and I'd make both of the Global Catalog servers too -- just

> so they have the cross-domain trust information as well (if you have
> any) since only GC's have that.  

IE, Put W2K or XP on them and you're good to go?  Or does it have to be
a Windows Server OS?

--
Jeff Crosby
Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
company.  Unless I say so.



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