[Samba] How to do basic task: add samba4 member server to samba4 ad dc?

[Rowland Penny]

On 10/05/14 12:42, Marc Muehlfeld wrote:
> Hello Jon,
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> Am 09.05.2014 21:18, schrieb Jon Detert:
> > The closest URL I found is this:
>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setup_a_Samba_AD_Member_Server
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> Good. This works. I re-wrote and re-validated it just a few days ago. :-)
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>> Would some one please point me to better documentation, or tell me
> > how to go about this?
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> Just follow the HowTo. It works. ;-)
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>> 1) I don't have users/groups in schema rfc2307.  Is this a
> > requirement?
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> If you want a central administration of your unix attributes 
> (UIDs/GIDs, etc.), then yes.
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> If not, you can use e. g. winbind and configure a static value for all 
> users via  'template shell' / 'template homedir' / ...
> Another way instead of winbind would be e. g. sssd.
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> But in both cases, you don't have a central administration then for 
> your unix account data and e. g. different UIDs on every server.
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>> 2) The document does not say you need to install winbind,
> > but over 1/2 way through, says you should start the
>> winbind daemon.
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> If you follow the HowTo, it will be there when you have to start it.
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> > Do I need it? If so, why?
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> See 1.)
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>> , and how do  I configure it?  Simply by the 5 lines shown in the
> > example basic smb.conf?
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> Yes.
> If you have some special requirements or different needs, you need 
> more or other values. It depents on your environment and what you want 
> to achieve.
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> > Does that mean I must add rfc2307
> > schema and data to my AD DC?
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> See 1.)
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> Regards,
> Marc
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Hi Marc, I think that the OP has a valid point about winbind, nowhere on 
the wiki page that the OP referred to (or here: 
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Binary_Distribution_Packages) does it 
advise installing winbind, so how can you set up something that you 
haven't installed ;-)

Rowland