[Samba] SAMBA4 vs Windows 2008 AD

Mario Almeida malmeida at isa.ae
Wed Jun 5 01:29:40 MDT 2013


Thanks Geza,

We only need for centralist authentication and for deploying group policies.
Using windows XP I create group policy and keep in sysvol folder and
sync the sysvol folder on BDC (samba) everything should work fine?

Regards,
Remy


On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:22 PM, Gémes Géza <geza at kzsdabas.hu> wrote:
> 2013-05-26 10:46 keltezéssel, Mario Almeida írta:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Is there any answer?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Mario Almeida <malmeida at isa.ae> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I am planning to covert our company's AD server to Samba4, need to know
>>> if
>>> Samba4 is complete replacement for Windows 2008 AD.
>>>
>>> Is there a link to show features comparison, showing what is compatible
>>> and what is not?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Remy
>>>
>>
>>
> Yes, but your mail arrived today, probably nobody else on the list haven't
> seen it before. Please check you outgoing mail route.
>
> Basically Samba 4.0.x lacks the following features:
> 1. Domain DFS
> 2. DAFSR (needed to replicate sysvol between DCs)
> 3. Trust (it can be trusted it cannot trust)
> 4. Forest (multidomain) support
> 5. Group policy modeling wizard support
> ????
>
> You should check which of the aforementioned features, if any are important
> for your company, and could run a few test migrations.
>
> Regards
>
> Geza Gemes
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