Samba 4 functional levels

Matthias Dieter Wallnöfer mdw at samba.org
Fri Feb 25 14:14:22 MST 2011


Aaron E. wrote:
> The forest is still in 2003, is there also something to raise this?..
Well, as you might have noticed there exists also "--forest=" as 
parameter. Be aware that the following constraint holds: forest level <= 
domain level.
You can also use both parameters at once:
> ./samba-tool domainlevel raise --domain=2008 --forest=2008
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> Oh and I'm running S4 alpha14,
>     Is there a newer alpha?
I don't think so.
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> Good Stuff! thank you very much!
Cheers,
Matthias

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> On 02/25/2011 02:03 PM, Matthias Dieter Wallnöfer wrote:
>> Aaron,
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>> this command should work:
>>> ./samba-tool domainlevel raise --domain=2008
>>> Domain function level changed!
>>> All changes applied successfully!
>> Just to be sure: is your s4 version recent enough (I mean at maximum
>> some months old)?
>>
>> Otherwise you could just try to perform the raise manually. This means
>> with an adequate LDAP tool you have to:
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>> - Under <base DN> set "msDS-Behavior-Version" to 3
>> - Under CN=<short domainname>, CN=Partitions, CN=Configuration, <base
>> DN> set "msDS-Behavior-Version" to 3
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>> Cheers,
>> Matthias
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>> Aaron E. wrote:
>>> I did not at first but I did try now and same results, the command
>>> completes successfully but the domainlevel doesn't change..
>>>
>>> On 02/25/2011 03:49 AM, Matthias Dieter Wallnöfer wrote:
>>>> But do you make use of the "-Uadministrator%<password>" parameter when
>>>> calling the tool?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Matthias
>>>>
>>>> Aaron E. wrote:
>>>>> My TS servers show that it is a windows 2003 domain. I cannot raise
>>>>> the domain through windows as it says I don't have the proper
>>>>> privileges.
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I raise this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance !
>>>>> Aaron
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