[Samba] Samba4 DC with Samba3 file-server howto

[Gémes Géza]

2012-08-15 13:02 keltezéssel, steve írta:
> Hi
>
> I have a Samba4 DC (hh30.hh3.site, 192.168.1.30) and a Samba3 VM on 
> the same box (hh33.hh3.site, 192.168.1.33).
>
> How do I tell XP and 7 clients to look at the S4 DC for authentication 
> and the S3 fileserver for files?
>
> It already does the authentication bit OK. It's mainly the second part 
> of the question as to how to instruct the m$ boxes to look at the 
> file-server rather than the DC for files.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
Hi,

It depends on what you mean by having to look at.

On way is to write some logon scripts, by which they would map the 
shares as drives (of course that suppose to have the Samba3 boxes joined 
to the AD of Samba4). If you intend to share some home directories, then 
create the home share on Samba3 and specify the homepath for each user 
as \\samba3servershostname\%USERNAME% and a homedrive according to your 
taste (I had chosen U: (about 10 years ago (Samba 2.2.something))). If 
you want to redirect some folders (e.g. Documents, Desktop, etc.) you 
can do that by firing up the group policy editor and specifying the 
redirects there.

Regards

Geza