[Samba] Debian Stretch Samba Packages 4.8.3 available (amd64/i386)

[Rowland Penny]

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 11:31:08 +0200
"Stefan G. Weichinger via samba" <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Am 2018-07-20 um 11:10 schrieb Rowland Penny via samba:
> > On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 10:58:56 +0200
> > "Stefan G. Weichinger via samba" <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> Am 2018-07-20 um 10:46 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger via samba:
> >>
> >>> testjoin fails
> >>
> >> It seems as if I misunderstood ... maybe that doesn't work on DCs?
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > I think you have, I never thought to use that command against a DC,
> > so I ran it against one of my DC's and guess what, my DC isn't
> > joined to the domain ;-)
> > 
> > If everything else is working, just ignore it.
> 
> ok ...
> 
> Isn't a DC joined as well ... ? Couldn't it tell us "hey, that command
> doesn't make sense here" instead of a scary error message?
> 
> just asking ;-)
> 
> 
> 

Never gave it much thought, but yes, a DC is joined to the domain, but
in a different way ;-)

We are talking software here, so yes it could be made to print a
different error message, but would need someone to come up with an
acceptable patch.

Rowland