Server Questions

[Patton Echols]

On 05/06/2008 10:38 PM, Chris Mohler wrote:
> I would advise fleeing (screaming) from domain control.  Using a samba
> server for centralized file storage should be enough - you won't need
> peer-to-peer access in XP any longer.  Setting the samba machine to be
> the authority on the network should be sufficient.
>
> Every winboxen in the same workgroup, the samba machine in the same
> workgroup, and the samba machine as the authority has worked well for
> me in small, mixed networks with win98, win2k, XP and OSX machines all
> playing well together.
>
> Chris
>
>   
Ok, what do you mean by samba as the authority, if not a domain 
controller.  Is there some middle ground between the samba server being 
another peer, and being a domain controller? 

Thanks