[Samba] Samba4 AD/DC Replication

[James Cort]

On 7 Jan 2014, at 10:03, Rowland Penny <rowlandpenny at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 07/01/14 06:40, Daniel Müller wrote:
>> NO!!! It does not!!!
>> Even in a real Windows environemenmt it does not. One is the chief holding
>> all. The other Servers just get the infos.
>> Tested it a thousand times and it always replicate only in one direction
>> master to slave.
>> 
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>> Von: samba-bounces at lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Im
>> Auftrag von Rowland Penny
>> Gesendet: Montag, 6. Januar 2014 17:14
>> An: elceliz at gmail.com; samba at lists.samba.org
>> Betreff: Re: [Samba] Samba4 AD/DC Replication
>> 
>> On 06/01/14 15:58, Marc Muehlfeld wrote:
>>> Hello Ezequiel,
>>> 
>>> Am 06.01.2014 16:43, schrieb Ezequiel Celiz:
>>>> I'm having some trouble replicating a domain.
>>>> I followed the steps in this guide:
>>>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO/Join_a_domain_as_a_DC
>>>> 
>>>> I followed the steps and everything worked fine for me.
>>>> 
>>>> but...
>>>> 
>>>> If I make changes on the PDC, these changes are replicated to the
>>>> Secondary DC, but if I make changes to the Secondary, these are not
>>>> seen in the PDC.
>>>> 
>>>> Is there any way to make it two-way?
>>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/SysVol_Replication#Information_on_rsy
>>> nc-based_replication
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ...This means, files can only be transfered in one direction. That's
>>> why for rsync-based SysVol replicaton, you have to choose one DC, on
>>> which you do all modifications (GPO edits, logon script changes,
>>> etc.). And all other DCs are retrieving the changes from this host,
>>> because modifications on them are overwritten when syncing....
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/SysVol_Replication#FAQ
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Marc
>> Trouble is Marc, the OP doesn't actually state what changes he is making, if
>> it is something like creating a GPO then what you are saying is correct, but
>> you should be able to create a user on any DC and it should then replicate
>> to any other DC's or am I missing something here.
>> 
>> Rowland
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> Well that is worth knowing, having never actually used a genuine windows server, I thought what the OP wanted was reasonable, should have known better, after all, we are dealing with microsoft here. LOL
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I’m not sure it’s as simple as a master -> slave type replication. If it was, this document would be an awful lot shorter:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755994(v=ws.10).aspx