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

[Andrew Galdes]

Yes, thanks. I just noticed the ./sbin/provision and it's working now.

Sorry for the hassles.

Ta,
-Andrew Galdes


On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Günter Kukkukk <linux at kukkukk.com> wrote:

> 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 you are using a very outdated version.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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