[Samba] samba-tool not working as i'd expect

Günter Kukkukk linux at kukkukk.com
Wed Jan 9 17:08:28 MST 2013


Am Donnerstag, 10. Januar 2013, 00:54:01 schrieb Andrew Galdes:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm having problems using the "samba-tool" tool. From the documentation
> i've read, the following command 'should' work. Apparently i'm missing
> something.
> 
> ####
> 
> [root at vmhost bin]# pwd
> /usr/local/samba/bin
> [root at vmhost bin]# ./samba-tool domain provision --realm=mytest.local
> --domain=MYTEST --adminpass='welcome' --server-role='dc'
> Usage: samba-tool domain <subcommand>
> 
> Available subcommands:
>   classicupgrade    - Upgrade from Samba classic (NT4-like) database to
> Samba AD DC database.
>   dcpromo           - Promotes an existing domain member or NT4 PDC to an
> AD DC
>   demote            - Demote ourselves from the role of Domain Controller
>   exportkeytab      - Dumps kerberos keys of the domain into a keytab
>   info              - Print basic info about a domain and the DC passed as
> parameter
>   join              - Joins domain as either member or backup domain
> controller
>   level             - Raises domain and forest function levels
>   passwordsettings  - Sets password settings
>   samba3upgrade     - Upgrade from Samba classic (NT4-like) database to
> Samba AD DC database.
> ERROR: No such subcommand 'provision'
> 
> ####
> 
> A little background. Here is how i got to this point:
> 
> ####
> 
>  wget http://download.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba4/samba-4.0.0beta8.tar.gz
>  tar xzf samba-4.0.0beta8.tar.gz
>  cd samba-4.0.0beta8
>  cd source4
>  ./configure
>  make
>  make install
> 
> ####
> 
> Ta,

you are using a very outdated version. Those days provision was done
in a different way.
Please follow https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_AD_DC_HOWTO
how to download and build a recent version.

Cheers, Günter


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