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RuBiCK
Asked: 2013-05-28 00:07:07 +0800 CST

OSX Server Monuntain Lion working as PDC

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I have read documents about mountain lion doesn't work as PDC as previous versions Line Snow Leopard does. I know there are various post/webs/documents talking about it but the information is very confusing.

I would like to create a PDC on OSX Mountain Lion to login 15 OSX and about 5 Windows. Is it possible using OSX Server Mountain lion out of the box?

Thanks!

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  1. Best Answer

    No, it's not possible. Apple removed Samba in favor of it's own, much more limited CIFS implementation in 10.7. This variant is not able to work as a PDC, it's just a CIFS/SMB file server.

    Rumor has it the reason is a licensing switch the Samba team did after Samba 3.0.26 (IIRC) which made it unfeasible for Apple to continue to incorporate it into MacOS.

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