GI> My scenario is that I will be linking 4 buildings with 
 GI> 2.4GB radio links that
 GI> provide a CSMA 2MB ethernet connection.   Buildings A & 
 GI> B have 30-40 users and
 GI> their own NT Servers.  Buildings C & D have less than 
 GI> 10 workstations (6 each
 GI> at the moment) which would seem to make it cost effective to use WinNT
 GI> Workstation as their local/primary servers.
 GI> Part of my plan is to deal with the possibilty that there may be service
 GI> interruptions with the radio links.  Building A has the 
 GI> PDC; Building B will
 GI> be a BDC. Can C & D have local security via their NT Wks machine when 
ot
 GI> radio linked to Building A?
You can have local security as each NT system (Wks or Srv) can have it's own 
user data base and that will work from within an NT Domain just fine.  I do 
know when I have my DC server down that NT 4.0wks caches the local user 
profile. It doesn't cache the Domain User data base with users and pw's that 
have been accessing the Wks resources. All  you'd have to do is setup 
the user names you want to access the Wks in the NT Wks user base and it will 
work. That may or may not be a pain in the toot for you depending on how many 
users need access to that server. For user convenience I used identical 
passwords in each user Data base, it probably doesn't have to be that way.  
What I am not sure about is the kind of interaction you would get if your 
users change passwords on the DC and you still have old password on the Wks. 
I -think- all that would happen would be that they would have to manually 
type in the old password on the WKS NT system to have access. Be easy to 
check that one out though. 
As doc in back to the future said right before the model car caught fire.."It 
_should_ work"....
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