[Samba] BUG:? testparm samba-tool testparm ? ( sernet-samba )

[L.P.H. van Belle]

Still this should be reported as a bug.  ( so here it is. ) 
You cant have 2 different outputs about the config your running. 
Very confusion and simply wrong imho. 

Up to the dev's to judge on this. 


Louis



>> i only did check and i found it..
>>
>> testparm -v | grep sig
>>          ntp signd socket directory =
>>
>> samba-tool testparm --verbose | grep sig
>>
>>          ntp signd socket directory = /var/lib/samba/ntp_signd
>>
>> so 2 tools to test parameters with different outcome.



>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>Van: rowlandpenny at googlemail.com 
>[mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Rowland Penny
>Verzonden: donderdag 27 maart 2014 11:05
>CC: samba at lists.samba.org
>Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] easy - automated setup : Debian Wheezy 
>with sernet samba 4.1
>
>On 27/03/14 07:09, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
>> Good one.
>>
>> i only did check and i found it..
>>
>> testparm -v | grep sig
>>          ntp signd socket directory =
>>
>> samba-tool testparm --verbose | grep sig
>>
>>          ntp signd socket directory = /var/lib/samba/ntp_signd
>>
>> so 2 tools to test parameters with different outcome.
>>
>> Is this by design and if so why? anyone?
>>
>>
>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>> Van: Rowland Penny [mailto:rowlandpenny at googlemail.com]
>>> Verzonden: woensdag 26 maart 2014 19:39
>>> Aan: L.P.H. van Belle
>>> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] easy - automated setup : Debian Wheezy
>>> with sernet samba 4.1
>>>
>>> On 26/03/14 16:00, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
>>>> Hai,
>>>>    
>>>> Im setting up scripted samba4 installs to make things more
>>> uniform installations.
>>>> It saves time, and errors, and it will be easier to trace bugs.
>>>>    
>>>> This is the first one and more are comming.
>>>>    
>>>>    
>>>> How does it work and what do you need and what do you get 
>in the end.
>>>>    
>>>> What you get.
>>>> Debian wheezy, with sernet samba4.1
>>>> - server setup as AD-DC  ( the first server with samba4 )
>>>> - Bind9_dlz is used and reverse zone is auto created.
>>>> - NTP server setup.
>>>> - kerberos test scripted same as the hostname tests.
>>>> - info is in the script, what to put where.
>>>> - needed rights are fixed, where incorrect was found.
>>>>    
>>>>    
>>>> Howto
>>>> 1) install a clean debian wheezy, only ssh, more is
>>> possible, but i tested with a very clean server.
>>>> 2) get it :
>>>> wget  --no-check-certificate
>>> https://secure.bazuin.nl/scripts/debianWheezy-sernetSamba4-setu
>>> p.sh && chmod +x debianWheezy-sernetSamba4-setup.sh &&
>>> ./debianWheezy-sernetSamba4-setup.sh
>>>> 3) configure it   : nano debianWheezy-sernetSamba4-setup.sh
>>>> 4) run it.   ./debianWheezy-sernetSamba4-setup.sh
>>>>    
>>>> ToDo.
>>>> In the next release of the script, it wil be Debian and
>>> Ubuntu compatible.
>>>> And i'll build in a choose which samba you want to install.
>>>> For example.
>>>> Debian + samba from backports
>>>> Debian + samba from sernet
>>>> Debian + samba from Debian
>>>>    
>>>> Ubuntu + samba from sernet  ( should work now already, but
>>> not tested. )
>>>>    ** you need to change the script a bit for this. Lines 210
>>> + 212 and 213
>>>>       change debian to ubuntu   and wheezy to precise
>>>>        ** other ubuntu should work also but just try it and
>>> report it back please.
>>>>    
>>>> So try it and report back to me if you have suggestions.
>>>>    
>>>>    
>>>> Greetz,
>>>>    
>>>> Louis
>>>>    
>>>>    
>>>>
>>> Hi Louis, just glanced through your script and one part 
>caught my eye:
>>>
>>> # set the ntp_signed path in samba ( default is empty )
>>> ## hardcoded for now, need to look in to pass variable to sed
>>> sed -i '8a\\n        ntp signd socket directory =
>>> /var/lib/samba/ntp_signd\n' /etc/samba/smb.conf
>>>
>>> Have you ever run 'samba-tool testparm --verbose' ???? ;-)
>>>
>>> Of course, it doesn't help having two testparms, I do wish that they
>>> would roll them into one.
>>>
>>> Rowland
>>>
>>>
>I think that the idea is you use 'testparm' if you are running 
>samba in 
>'classic' mode and 'samba-tool testparm' in 'dc' mode. Only problem is 
>that it confuses people, somebody a lot brighter than me, needs to 
>combine the two, probably under samba-tool and with a switch i.e 
>'samba-tool testparm classic' or 'samba-tool testparm dc'.
>
>Rowland
>
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