Checking if Samba is running as an AD DC
Alexander Bokovoy
ab at samba.org
Fri May 29 06:24:44 UTC 2020
On to, 28 touko 2020, hezekiah maina via samba-technical wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I want to first express my gratitude to the entire Samba community.
> You have been kind and very responsive whenever I ask for help or advice.
> Thank you.
>
> How else should I check that Samba is running as an AD DC apart from
> looking at the smb.conf file?
> Is there a process that gives me this kind of information?
For Cockpit integration you need to use systemd services to check
whether a service is configured and enabled/started since that
environment will anyway have systemd configured.
systemctl is-enabled samba
systemctl is-active samba
For the config file checks, you can use 'testparm' utility:
$ testparm --show-all-parameters -s|grep 'server role'
server role=P_ENUM,auto|standalone server|standalone|member server|member|classic primary domain controller|classic backup domain controller|active directory domain controller|domain controller|dc,
On non-DC system:
$ testparm --section-name global --parameter-name 'server role' -s 2>/dev/null
auto
Checking configuration is needed anyway because you get information
about the actual server role, not just that a service is running.
--
/ Alexander Bokovoy
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