[Samba] ***BULK*** Re: Force logonserver in samba4

[lp101]

I believe this is a known bug. 
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10251

On 4/23/2014 1:44 PM, Iñigo Martinez Lasala wrote:
> Hi Marc.
>
> I've not worked with AD since Windows 2000 era and after ten years 
> with samba3 I had completely forgotten this feature.
>
> We have created three sites but after moving oversea DCs to proper 
> zone samba freezes. We will leave all the night working to see if we 
> have to wait for a long time or if there is some kind of problem with 
> Active Directory Sites and Services in samba4.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
>
> On 23/04/14 18:15, Marc Muehlfeld wrote:
>> Hello Iñigo,
>>
>> Am 23.04.2014 10:01, schrieb Iñigo Martinez Lasala:
>>> We have a samba4 domain deployed across serveral countries. Some of 
>>> them
>>> (overseas) have a poor VPN connection with mainland.
>>> Since Samba4 does not support (yet) subtrees, we have deployed a DC in
>>> each location for domain validation. However users in mainland logon
>>> randomly at overseas location and sometimes this is a problem due to 
>>> low
>>> bandwidth available.
>>> Is there any way to contraint logon servers? We have though about two
>>> options:
>>>
>>> - Limit, via firewall rule, login at oversea locations from mainland,
>>> but we are not sure if this will a problem or delay in excess logon
>>> process.
>>> - Limit DNS replication so at mainland office no oversea DCs entries 
>>> are
>>> shown, but this would be quite complicated to implement.
>>>
>>> Any hints?
>>
>>
>> Have you tried to setup an AD site?
>> http://www.petri.co.il/create-active-directory-sites-windows-server.htm
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Marc
>
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