Linux network setup as Windows domain server

[Chop]

I'm new to Linux so don't know too much. I have Mandrake Linux 9.2 and want to setup the machine as the network server. I want all the other Windows machines to log in using the Linux machine as the domain server (not sure if this is the correct terminology). So I want one central place where user names, groups are administered.

Would really appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction as I'm not to sure of the correct terminology and don't know where to look.

 

[Childs]

I used to do this awhile ago. If you look in the samba config file and look at the commented options it should be a piece of cake.

 

[KB]

I would following the documentation at http://samba.org/samba/docs/. The smb.conf file is well-documented, but can be confusing.

 

[Chop]

Thanks guys, I'm currently looking at it. Doesn't look easy but I'll try.