Checking if Samba is running as an AD DC

[hezekiah maina]

Thanks. I tried out the different ways you gave.
I also tried this:
samba-tool testparm --parameter-name=serverrole
which seems a little better as you don't have to provide the path to
smb.conf which could vary with different installations.
Well you can omit the samba-tool and get the same result with testparm but
would have to press Enter to get the desired output.

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 9:33 AM Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 2020-05-29 at 09:24 +0300, Alexander Bokovoy via samba-
> technical wrote:
> > On to, 28 touko 2020, hezekiah maina via samba-technical wrote:
> > > Hello everyone,
>
> > > 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.
>
> G'Day hezekia,
>
> Welcome to the design session for your first bike shed!  ;-)
>
> Try (eg):
> testparm st/ad_dc/etc/smb.conf -s| grep "Server Role"
>
> Andrew Bartlett
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