[Samba] Sysvol replication and group policies

[Ulrich Schneider]

Do I also need rsync, when I use samba4 as an AD DC and Win 2008 R2 as a 
backup domain controller?



Am 30.05.13 17:31, schrieb Marc Muehlfeld:
> Hello Ulrich,
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> Am 30.05.2013 12:35, schrieb Ulrich Schneider:
>> As I read in the article listet at the and of this email there is no
>> sysvol replication while joining a domain as a dc.
>>
>> This means to me (if im right) that there are no group policies
>> available on the samba dc.
>>
>> Is this right?
>>
>> On the other hand if I create a new domain n a samba dc and if I set up
>> asamba as a new dc ... group policies are available.
>>
>> Is this correct?
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> A Samba DC can provide GP. They are stored on the SysVol share. But
> because SysVol replication currently isn't implemented, you have to care
> about the replication to other DCs by yourself. Many people using rsync
> for doing this job.
>
> Depending on the way how you transfer the files between the SysVol
> shares, you maybe have to do changes on one DC, from where they are
> transfered to other DC.
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> Regards,
> Marc
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