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

[Günter Kukkukk]

Am Donnerstag, 10. Januar 2013, 01:09:57 schrieb Andrew Galdes:
> Yes, thanks. I just noticed the ./sbin/provision and it's working now.
> 
> Sorry for the hassles.

Please notice, that since the release of samba-4.0.0, that version and
future ones are the only supported ones!

So i strongly recommend to upgrade to the released version!

Cheers, Günter

> 
> 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 you are using a very outdated version.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