SUCCESSfull setup

[Zahari Zahariev]

Hello Lazar,

I fully agree with the concept of Debian package stability but Samba4 is
not a good example in this case. Developers @ Samba4 have very strict and
test extensive process of bringing a stable version. Their code is
extremely portable and well written. So stability is top priority even to
features.

When I say breeze I am not kidding. We were group of guys here that were
developing Samba4 2 years ago, back then it was Alpha15. Deploying Samba4
from source on Debian is child's play and has nothing to do with the
experience of other software.

Literally what you do is follow the setup how-to:
1. Install prerequisites such as make, autoconf, python-dev etc
2. ./configure && make
3. Become root => make install
4. Provision your AD
5. If you feel like set up a Bind9 DNS

This is it. I guarantee you because I've done it at least 3 times a day
regularly. Have in mind that I was doubfull of source installation also
before having to do it with Samba4.

Cheers!

On Tuesday, March 26, 2013, Lazar Krumov wrote:

> Hi Zahari,
>
> I'm glad to see local supporters of SAMBA :)
>
> Speaking generally:
> I do 'apt-get install ... ' on Debian. The 'breeze'
> (download/compile/install/config) is the other option of use softwares.
> Advantages, which I use by doing 'apt-get' are:
> - intensively testet by DEBIAN within this bunch of software/libraries.
> This gives me beter assurance in bugs-free environment. According my
> experience DEBIAN is quite BUG-FREE combination of software/libs
> - satisfy dependencies with already tested versions of dependent packages.
> Also the combination of dependencies with the software intself are tested,
> I believe.
>
> Disadvantage of the above method, prefered by me, is the "out-of-date"
> versions of most of the software. But it's understandable: Testing of the
> software takes reasonable amount of time in most of the cases. Even more:
> As much tests are performed as much the spent time is. The result of such
> delay in versions is stability, which is the most important in PROD!
> Sometimes this also prevent from hassles .
>
> Currently I have some problems with "M$ master browsing" within the
> AD-Domain. Most probably this is clarified in recent versions of SAMBA4. So
> maybe I'm going into the 'breeze' method ...
>
> Cheers,
> Lazar Krumov
> GIS Sofia
> IT Consultant
>
>
>
>
> On Monday 25 March 2013 18:15:34 Zahari Zahariev wrote:
> > Hello Lazar,
> >
> > Congratulation on your success!
> >
> > I recommend you not to use the apt-get provided packages for Samba4 but
> get
> > the latest stable released source in TAR.GZ format then compile and
> install
> > it which is a breeze:
> >
> > https://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/stable/samba-4.0.4.tar.gz
> >
> > # ./configure && make && make install
> >
> > Package system versions especially Debian's are very very outdated.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Zahari Zahariev
> > Software Engineer
> > Cisco Systems, Sofia
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 3:57 AM, Lazar Krumov <lkrumov at gis-sofia.bg<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi SAMBA,
> > >
> > > I'm very happy to report you, that I followed throughly the
> instructions:
> > > http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_AD_DC_HOWTO
> > > and successfully setup AD with SAMBA4. I joined one XP machine and will
> > > contunie experiment backups, crash/recovery, availability, migration,
> > > integration with PAM etc. tests before I go live in Samab4-AD
> migration.
> > >
> > > I had just one minor problem with installing SAMBA4 on Debian. I've
> > > installed Debian Wheezy. It comes with Samba4 BETA2. In that BETA not
> all
> > > the functionality works according to the HOWTO. There are missing
> commands
> > > (i.e. samba-tool domain provision ).
> > > That's why I took SAMBA4 packed for Debian from Sernet:
> > > http://ftp.sernet.de/pub/samba4AD/sernet-samba4-appliance/packages/
> > >
> > > In the current infrastructure I still use NT4-Domain Controller
> running on
> > > Windows NT4 SP6 with about 150-200 machines and 200-250 users. I was
> > > waiting for SAMBA4-AD and finally it's here :)
> > > I've been using SAMBA for many years, since version 1.9. In several
> other
> > > companies I've deployed NT-Style Domain Controller with Samba +
> OpenLDAP. I
> > > intend migrate them also to Samba4-AD.
> > >
> > > BIG Thanks to Samba Team !
> > >
> > > Kind Regards,
> > > Lazar Krumov
> > > GIS Sofia
> > > IT Consultant
> > >
> >
>
>