Samba4 Active Directory Server Status

[Charles N Wyble]

thank you very much for your prompt reply. see my comments below.

tridge at samba.org wrote:

>Charles,
>
> >     I am curious about the status of samba4 as it relates to being an 
> > active directory server. What issues are left? Is there a detailed task 
> > list? Is there a group of people working on this area in
> > particular? 
>
>A number of people on the team have been working towards this and
>related goals for the last 2 years. In Samba3 we added ADS member
>support, and for Samba4 we are aiming to be an ADS domain controller.
>  
>
very cool. yeah i knew that ADS member support was there in samba3. 
impressive if i do say so myself :)

>Current status is:
>
> - we have worked out and implemented most of the core RPCs necessary
>   for being an ADS DC. Metze is currently working on the biggest
>   remaining piece of that puzzle, which is the DRSUAPI directory
>   replication RPC interface. He is making great progress. See his
>   recent svn commits for details.
>  
>
i will examine them. thank you for the pointer. i will contact him and 
see if i can help at all.

> - we have successfully demonstrated WinXP joining a Samba4 ADS
>   domain. The join didn't follow exactly the same process as it would
>   with a Microsoft server, as we are still missing some pieces, but
>   the join and subsequent login was successful and WinXP treats us as
>   an ADS DC.
>  
>
whatever works :)

> - we have integrated a ldap server into Samba4, which is the missing
>   piece I referred to in the join above, and great progress has been
>   made in producing the necessary ldap infrastructure to support that
>   part of ADS.
>  
>
yes. ive been looking quite closely at that code. very good stuff.

> - we have written extensive test suites for nearly all aspects of the
>   protocols involved, ensuring that we get the code right the first
>   time.
>  
>
sweet. is this documented at all? if not i would like to have a go at 
documenting it if possible.

>As for "is anyone working on this", we have been averaging a code
>commit every couple of hours, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for a long
>time now. 
>

yes. i have a script i run daily to build the bleading edge source on my 
test system. great stuff.

>The people who are working on this know how important it is,
>and are putting in all the effort that is humanly possible. If you
>wish to follow the progress in detail then please join the samba-cvs
>commits list or watch the recent checkins page on our build farm.
>  
>
i will. thank you so much for the helpful tips and pointers.

>There is still a lot to do, and we apologise for not keeping the
>roadmap and status pages up to date, but please rest assured that
>every effort is being made.
>  
>
of course. no problem. i would be happy to take this task on and help 
keep those pages up to date if i can.

>Cheers, Tridge
>  
>

charles
www.thewybles.com/~charles