[Samba] Troubles getting samba4 working (from samba 3)

[Rowland Penny]

On 18/12/13 20:06, Michael Lustfield wrote:
> Our current environment is Samba 3 with an LDAP backend. I want to move to
> Samba 4 with an AD backend. We already have the AD servers in place and
> Samba 3 servers are using AD absolutely perfectly. The last remaining piece
> is to move Samba 3->4.
>
> My existing Samba 3 configuration looks like this:
>
> [global]
>          server string = 1220 Boothost Server
>          netbios name = BOOTHOST-1220
>          realm = AD.DOMAIN.TLD
>          workgroup = DOMAIN
>          security = ads
>          encrypt passwords = yes
>          map to guest = Bad User
>          log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>          log level = 1
>          max log size = 0
>          domain logons = no
>          os level = 75
>          preferred master = no
>          domain master = no
>          dns proxy = no
>          delete veto files = yes
>          veto files = /*desktop.ini/*$RECYCLE.BIN/
>          veto oplock files = /*.xls/
>          smb ports = 139
>          load printers = no
>          server signing = disabled
>          printing = bsd
>          printcap name = /dev/null
>
> [homes]
>          valid users = %S
>          comment = Home Directories
>          read only = no
>          create mask = 0664
>          directory mask = 0775
>          browseable = no
>          csc policy = disable
>
> [shared]
>          path = /home/1220/shared
>          comment = Center Shared Directory
>          create mask = 0770
>          directory mode = 0770
>          browseable = no
>          writeable = yes
>
> [pcsetup]
>          path = /var/www/pcsetup
>          comment = PC Setup Data
>          public = yes
>          writeable = no
>          browseable = yes
>
> [printsetup]
>          path = /opt/samba/printers
>          comment = Printer Setup Directory
>          public = yes
>          writeable = no
>          browseable = no
>
> Obviously, things have changed between versions. However, I'm finding it
> EXTREMELY difficult to get this configuration moved to Samba 4.
>
> When I try to start it with this configuration, I see this:
>
> root at boothost:/etc/samba# /etc/init.d/samba4 restart
> Stopping Samba 4 daemon: samba.
> Starting Samba 4 daemon: samba/usr/sbin/samba: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
> libwbclient.so.0: no version information available (required by
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/samba/libauth4.so)
> Unknown parameter encountered: "map to guest"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "map to guest"
> Unknown parameter encountered: "max log size"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "max log size"
> Unknown parameter encountered: "os level"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "os level"
> Unknown parameter encountered: "delete veto files"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "delete veto files"
> Unknown parameter encountered: "veto files"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "veto files"
> Unknown parameter encountered: "veto oplock files"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "veto oplock files"
> Unknown parameter encountered: "load printers"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "load printers"
> Unknown parameter encountered: "printing"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "printing"
> Unknown parameter encountered: "printcap name"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "printcap name"
> Unknown parameter encountered: "valid users"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "valid users"
> Unknown parameter encountered: "directory mode"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "directory mode"
> Unknown parameter encountered: "writeable"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "writeable"
> Unknown parameter encountered: "public"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "public"
> Unknown parameter encountered: "writeable"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "writeable"
> Unknown parameter encountered: "public"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "public"
> Unknown parameter encountered: "writeable"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "writeable"
>
> I really need the oplock stuff, but... smb4 doesn't seem to have these
> options. I'm not finding anything useful on migrating the configuration
> file either.
>
> I don't need to do an in-place migration of the servers. All users and
> groups are in LDAP/AD. They shouldn't be any issue in my migration. I just
> need to figure out how to achieve in an smb4 config what I'm doing in this
> smb3 config.
>
> I'm completely lost... :(
Hi, I think that you are more than lost, your smb.conf points to it 
being an AD member client, but you are trying to start the 'samba' 
daemon, this daemon is only used by the Active directory domain 
controller, so what do want the machine to be, a client or a server?

Rowland