[Samba] Samba 3 and Windows 2003 Active Directory

[Aaron Kincer]

If you do not absolutely have to use Red Hat, I can give you a quick and
easy way to get where you need to be:

0) Backup all files to a stable temporary repository or the backup media of
your choice.

1) Download and install Ubuntu 6.06 Server Dapper (I haven't tried 6.10 Edgy
yet)

2) Follow these instructions:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=91510

3) Configure your shares either by hand or use SWAT

4) Copy your files form your repository or restore them from media to the
corresponding shares on your server.

5) If your backup software relies on the archive bit being properly
set/cleared, follow these instructions:

http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2006-September/125314.html

I might have missed something in there, but that should be enough to get you
on the right path.

If you have to keep Red Hat, you aren't going to be happy. Their packages
are old and in bad need of upgrading. While I was able to get an RHEL server
using those old packages properly joined to a 2003 domain, it was not
acceptable. I won't go into it. Just trust me on this one--if you want even
close to the functionality you want, you have to use newer packages. If you
do and keep Red Hat, you lose their support for those packages. Nice
delimma, huh?

Good luck.

Aaron Kincer

On 11/12/06, Michael Casale <mcasale at knoa.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> Thanks is advance for any help you can offer -
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> I just inherited a Samba file server in my new position, and am familiar
> with Samba, but no genius in it. The problem is that we need to upgrade
> our Windows 2003 domain, and our Samba server - version 3.0.10-1.4E
> won't connect to a Windows 2003 active directory. So, we have to leave a
> Windows 2000 DC running to authenticate to it.
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> I don't know if this is a problem with Kerberos or Samba - but it is the
> Kerberos that can't validate tickets to a windows 2003 Domain
> controller, according to my logs.
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> So, I need to upgrade either Samba, or Kerberos, to work with our
> Windows 2003 Active Directory servers, so that we can dump our Win 2000
> server and move the whole domain up to Win 2003 level and get on with
> other projects outside of Samba. But, the previous admin installed Samba
> from RPMs off Red Hat's site, and there doesn't seem to be any upgrades
> available through them.
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> What do you folks recommend? Should I save my config files, and
> completely reinstall Samba, Kerberos, Openldap and all the rest from
> source? Or should I save my configs and use other RPMs to upgrade? If
> so, to what level? And if source, can anyone recommend an easy-to-follow
> guide to installing and configuring Samba with Windows 2003 AD?
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> Thanks a million
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> Michael Casale
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> Systems Administrator / IT Manager
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> Knoa Software
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> mcasale at knoa.com <mailto:mcasale at knoa.com>
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