Active Directory within another domain

greetings,

we have interesting setup @ our school. trying setup brand new dell server our department , having troubles. wonder if i'm not configuring incorrectly.

the situation school has active directory domain controller called "school" @ location "labs.school.edu". of computers in our department speak domain controller dns , dhcp, , have option have them authenticate users against whole school's user list well. however, run imacs want different setup accounts. 

i trying setup new domain controller login authentication within other domain. mean want our domain accessible our macs join , use authentication, while automatically dhcp , dns information systems. i've tried setting domain new domain in new forest, doesn't seem work, , i've tried adding current forest, don't have authentication rights parent server.

is i'm trying unheard of? able apple xserve. realize macs don't play nicely server 2008 i'd like, can done, right? when create new domain, i'm unclear whether should call "jour.labs.school.edu, because dns name assigned computer parent domain controller jour-server.labs.school.edu

all in all, i'm little lost. appreciated!

thanks,

vince

i think need 1 domain. adding more domains adds complications don't need in simple school environment. dns name assigned new computer "jour-server.labs.southern.edu". means computer named "jour-server" in domain "labs.southern.edu". if domain controller in labs.southern.edu domain, run dcpromo promote domain controller. want more 1 domain controller redundancy , reliability. both can used authenticate clients.

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richard mueller - mvp directory services

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