networking question

[Sacotool]

Is it possible to set up a Windows 98 machine as a Primary domain controller? At the moment all my pc's are win98 and are part of a workgroup. Basically I want all my win98 PC's as part of a domain. (I'm pretty sure this can be done in NT.......) Thanks!

 

[BreakApart]

Turning a Win98 machine into a domain controller isn't possible--simply was not designed for it. Your stuck with a peer-to-peer workgroup, unless you use NT or 2000...

 

[Akash]

yup

 

[Akash]

yup get 2k

 

[goldboyd]

No, you need windows nt server/enterprise to create a pdc. and technically you cant do it in 2k either, due to active directory you create dcs not pdcs and bdcs

 

[err]

Agree with everyone here, no go installing PDC on a Win9x box. you'll need to get NT4 Server to do that.

In win2k active directory domain, the master domain controller is not called PDC and BDC anymore. It is called domain controller.

err

 

[Shadow07]

You guys are right, but missing one thing. A Windows 2000 DC can act as a PDC (not a BDC, only a Windows NT 4 server can be a BDC). This is one of the FSMO roles a DC in a Windows 2000 AD can participate as. The PDC emulater (the DC that acts like a PDC) is enabled only in Mixed Mode in AD. You can assign the role to another machine in the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC. Check out these two KB articles FSMO Roles in AD, and How to optimize DC roles and placement.

If you have any question, please let me know.

 

[Cable God]

Really, there are no domain controllers in a 2000 network, I think they are now called "Directory Controllers", but correct me if I am wrong. It's not possible for a 98 machine to authenticate network logons and run logon scripts, etc. That's for NT Server 4. Setup a NT Server as a PDC and go into Client for MS Networks and check the box "logon to NT Domain" after entering the domain name in the text box. Make sure the NT Server DC has a computer account in Server Manager and a valid user account on the DC as well. That should do it I think.

 

[Shadow07]

<<Really, there are no domain controllers in a 2000 network, I think they are now called &quot;Directory Controllers&quot;, >>
They are called Domain Controllers, not Directory Controllers. You could call them Directory Controllers, but that is not what MS calls them. The DC that holds the entire directory schema (including schema information from other domains withint the tree) is called a Global Catalog server.