
22 Chapter 2 Setting Up Windows Services
Setting Up a Server as a Primary Domain Controller
Using Server Admin, you can set up Mac OS X Server as a Windows primary domain
controller (PDC). The PDC hosts a Windows domain and provides authentication
services to other domain members, including authentication for domain login on
Windows workstations. The PDC server can provide other Windows services: file, print,
browsing, and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS). The server can host user profiles
and home directories for users who have user accounts on the PDC.
To set up a Windows PDC:
1 Make sure the server is an Open Directory master.
To determine whether a server is an Open Directory master, open Server Admin,
select Open Directory for the server in the Computers & Services list, click Settings
(near the bottom of the window), then click General (near the top). If the Role setting
is not Open Directory Master, you cannot set up this server to host a PDC. Consult the
Open Directory administration guide to learn more about an Open Directory master.
2 In Server Admin’s Computers & Services list, select Windows for a server that is an
Open Directory master.
3 Click Settings (near the bottom of the window), then click General (near the top).
4 Choose Primary Domain Controller (PDC) from the Role pop-up menu, then enter a
description, computer name, and domain.
Description: This description appears in the Network Neighborhood window on
Windows computers, and it is optional.
Computer Name: Enter the name you want Windows users to see when they connect
to the server. This is the server’s NetBIOS name. The name should contain no more than
15 characters, no special characters, and no punctuation. If practical, make the server
name match its unqualified DNS host name. For example, if your DNS server has an
entry for your server as “server.example.com,” give your server the name “server.”
Domain: Enter the name of the Windows domain that the server will host. The domain
name cannot exceed 15 characters and cannot be “WORKGROUP.”
5 Click Save.
6 Enter the name and password of a user account that can administer the LDAP directory
domain on the server, then click OK.
For information on configuring individual Windows services, see “Changing Windows
Services Access Settings” on page 23, “Changing Windows Services Logging Settings”
on page 23, “Changing Windows Services Advanced Settings” on page 24, and the print
service administration guide.
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