You can set it up as a member server in the domain, or have it emulate a BDC if you'd like. Configuring Windows 2000 WITHOUT Active Directory by Carol Bailey, Thomas Shinder MD Syngress Media Inc; ISBN: 1928994547 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1928994547/qid=1008860639/sr=8-1/ref= sr_8_3_1/002-2013347-0180061 Is is a great resource for anyone who can't, can't yet, or doesn't want to install Active directory. -----Original Message----- From: Adell Flourry, Jr. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 9:44 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Active Directory Nag list: I am setting up a Windows 2000 file server and want to use a domain in the same namespace at the Human Ecology Building (he.msu.edu). The domain namespace is populated with NT servers so active directory is a no go. We do need to manage user access to this file server. Do I have to setup a unique domain or are there other options? Will active directory create problems with the NT servers that already exist in my building? Thanks, -- Adell Flourry, Jr. Computer Assistant ============== Family and Child Ecology/Child Development Laboratories 107 Human Ecology Building East Lansing, MI 48824-1030 517-355-7680/517-355-1900 phone [log in to unmask] alt e-mail