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Windows Server Trusts Samba4 Active Directory

Posted by timothy on from the honey-it's-not-that-you-don't-trust-me dept.

Darren Ginter writes "A group of Samba v4 developers recently spent a week in Redmond to work with Microsoft on Active Directory interoperability(?!). The result? Windows Server will now join, trust and replicate a Samba-based Active Directory using Microsoft-native protocols. Although Samba v4 is still in the alpha stages, this is a huge step for open source. Or it could be a trap."

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  1. Oh, great by HangingChad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows Server will now join, trust and replicate a Samba-based Active Directory using Microsoft-native protocols.

    Now I have to get ready for the 4 horsemen, rain of fire and the end of time.

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    1. Re:Oh, great by rcolbert · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...might I also recommend heating up a pot of chocolate fondue in preparation for the locust swarm?

    2. Re:Oh, great by __aasqbs9791 · · Score: 3, Funny

      In related news, this winter is set for record lows in Hell. Frost is being expected for the first time ever.

  2. It's a trap! by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 3, Funny

    We can't repel firepower of that magnitude! Their patent portfolio is operational!

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  3. Re:A question of trust by gbjbaanb · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Microsoft Windows" and "trust", do those two even go together?

    only when joined together with the word 'anti'.

  4. Re:Say it with me, folks... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you saying the Samba folks are trying to EEE Windows server?

  5. Re:Of course it's a trap by grcumb · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyway - you can't be too sure about anything these days, but if Microsoft doesn't cooperate they will have an even lower respect from the open source community than they have today.

    Well, that explains the move to 64-bit. We were at risk of over-running the lower bound of the signed long integer that would have been required to express this new depth of loathing. Now, they're good until at least 2038. 8^)

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  6. Re:Just Don't See How This Could Be A 'Trap' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    As an intelligent IT Director I would never put in AD in my environment.

    Great! Let us know when you manager to achieve either, OK?