[Samba] SysVol questions

[Rowland Penny]

On 22/05/14 15:29, Steve Campbell wrote:
>
> On 5/22/2014 10:22 AM, Rowland Penny wrote:
>> On 22/05/14 15:10, Steve Campbell wrote:
>>>
>>> On 5/22/2014 9:49 AM, Rowland Penny wrote:
>>>> On 22/05/14 14:35, Steve Campbell wrote:
>>>>> I still haven't installed Samba, as I'm still in the planning 
>>>>> stages. Again, I'm new to Samba, and I discover our Windows pro 
>>>>> isn't quite up on the newer stuff since it's been years since he 
>>>>> ran domains.
>>>>
>>>> Firstly, either your 'Windows pro' is lying to you, or doesn't 
>>>> deserve to use the word 'pro', Active Directory has been about 
>>>> since 2000 at least and NT domains before that ;-)
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm a little confused about this thing called "SysVol". Reading up 
>>>>> on it, it appears a real important part of an AD, but I don't see 
>>>>> how or when it's created.
>>>>
>>>> Sysvol is where AD stores GPO's and scripts and will be created 
>>>> when the domain is provisioned.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Can someone give me a clue as to when/how it's created? During the 
>>>>> provisioning, perhaps?
>>>>>
>>>>> Which brings me to wonder the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> On our current Netware system that is being replaced, we have 
>>>>> multiple volumes which we will use on our future Samba stuff. When 
>>>>> we create these volumes, which I assume will just be directories 
>>>>> and turned into shares, is the directory tree important? Do these 
>>>>> volumes have to be on the same partition? Can each volume be a 
>>>>> separate partition? Do these reside under the SysVol partition or 
>>>>> can they be anywhere?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You can put directories to share anywhere, you just have to create 
>>>> the entry for the share in smb.conf and enter put the path to the 
>>>> share into the entry i.e.
>>>>
>>>> [sharename]
>>>>                  path = /path/to/directory
>>>>                  read only = No
>>>>
>>>> Just dont put the shares into Sysvol.
>>>>
>>>> Rowland
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for any insight.
>>>>>
>>>>> steve campbell
>>>>
>>> I'm the one using the word 'Pro', and it's been ages since he's done 
>>> anything with this stuff. He only mentioned he'd used domains in the 
>>> military. So he may not be fibbing.
>>>
>>> Again, where does the sysvol get created and how do I control that 
>>> placement?
>>
>> It all depends on how you install samba4, if you download the samba4 
>> tarball, unpack and compile this , it will end up in 
>> '/usr/local/samba/', on the other hand, if you install via a package 
>> manager, it is likely to end up in '/var/lib/samba/'
>>
>> The only way to control where it goes, is to compile it yourself and 
>> at configure, tell it where you want it to end up, but you will need 
>> to read up on that.
>>
>> Rowland
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> steve
>>
> I'm going to attempt to use the Sernet packages, but at least I know 
> now it's not going to be in a "special" place.
>
> Any idea how much extra space I should add for the /usr partition? 
> I've not switched over to the new style of LVM and such and still use 
> definite partitions since my Unix days for backup and restore purposes 
> in the event of corruption.
>
> steve
If you are going to use the sernet packages, then I believe that you 
will find sysvol in '/var/lib/samba' after provision and you need to 
have as much space as YOU think you will need, I personally use a 5G 
partition for /var, yours may be larger.

Rowland