[Samba] Samba 3 and Windows 2003 Active Directory

[Aaron Kincer]

Of course that breaks any support Red Hat offers on the very thing this
server is intended for--file serving.


On 11/13/06, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
>
> of course one could point him out the documentation that exists to do
> what he wants to do...
>
> http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/unixclients.html#ch9-adsdc
>
> and if he wanted to upgrade to the latest version of samba, he could
> install from kde-redhat repository since Rex has the packages for
> updating samba for RHEL
>
> http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/
>
> Craig
>
> On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 23:53 -0500, Aaron Kincer wrote:
> > 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 6.10Edgy
> > 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:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks is advance for any help you can offer -
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks a million
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Michael Casale
> > >
> > > Systems Administrator / IT Manager
> > >
> > > Knoa Software
> > >
> > > mcasale at knoa.com <mailto:mcasale at knoa.com>
> > >
> > > Ph.  (212) 807-9608 ext. 6000
> > >
> > > Fax  (212) 675-6121
> > >
> > >
> > >
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