domain <=> directory

[palmboy]

Hello,

can someone ecplain me the difference between a network with a domain and a
network with a directory?

Thx;
jurgen

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[Richard Busby]

A Microsoft 'domain' is the NT4 concept of an administrative and security
boundary. Objects within a domain share similar set of properties. You can
(generally) log into any PC on the domain with your account and password,
for example. The Domain Admins group will have administrative rights over
all PCs in the domain, and so on.

A directory is the Windows 2000 way of defining an enterrprise's
organisation. A directory may contain many domains - each of which has it's
own domain administrators. All domains within a directory share a common
schema (a schema is a way of defining what things mean) and a common naming
standard (machine1.domain1.example.com, for example). A directory is more
useful than a domain because you can search a directory for information such
as what printers are available and so on.

Does this help?
Richard

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[palmboy]

I've also been told that you can save settings of a user on the server in a
directory environment. So everyone has his own desktop layout on whatever
computer is logging in.
In the domain only environment, the desktop is locally stored.
Is this correct?

If you have Windows NT4 and you also install Netware Novell, is this
upgrading from a network with a domain to a network to a directory?

Thx in advance,
jurgen
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[Richard Busby]

"palmboy" <jur...@palmboysite.com> wrote in message

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>
> I've also been told that you can save settings of a user on the server in
a
> directory environment. So everyone has his own desktop layout on whatever
> computer is logging in.
> In the domain only environment, the desktop is locally stored.
> Is this correct?

Nope. A directory contains one or several domains. Within each domain, a
user's settings are generally stored on a central server so the user gets
the same programs wherever s/he logs on. This is true whether you're using
NT4, or using Windows 2000 with a single Active Directory domain or hundreds
of AD domains.

> If you have Windows NT4 and you also install Netware Novell, is this
> upgrading from a network with a domain to a network to a directory?

Novell use a directory to store user information much the same way Windows
2000 does, so yes it would be changing from a domain based network to a
directory based network. The NT4 domain would still exist until yor removed
the NT servers and migrated the user information over to the Novell server.
I'm not sure if 'upgrading' is really the correct term to use here.

Cheers
Richard