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@ Linescanner, Yes they'll allow themselves to add a server to the domain, but as a member only and not a DC. As you can imagine this is causing me a few headaches... @Kesomir Thanks for your reply. I have a meeting with the Main IT Dept next Tuesday. It's very political here and they don't like flesh blood with new ideas.

Hi All, I'm currently in the process of considering putting Thin Clients in to medium usage clusters. More than likely going to go for MS Terminal Server with a mixture of Linux and XP iGel Clients. Having come from a Secondary School were I helped to manage a large (800 Client) RM network and a basic Vanilla admin network, setting up a thin Vanilla network is a big step for me but I think definitely the way to go. Moving in to a "school" within a Uni were nothing is managed (all individually ghosted) - I'm up against issues where the main IT Department won't let my "school" add a DC or operate on a sub-domain. I can add a member server, but a DC is a big no-no due to "security issues" I believe by adding a TS as a member this will then authenticate to the (separate) LDAP? But failing that It looks like I may have to authenticate the users to the LDAP using PGina? I would appreciate any pointers in the right direction along with indications of where I can get white papers/how to's to help me along. TIA, Paul