[Samba] SysVol questions

[Taylor, Jonn]

On 05/22/2014 09:48 AM, Rowland Penny wrote:
> 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
>
I would not use the 4.x branch for serving files. There are a lot of 
good how to's on pacemaker, drbd, samba 3.6.x and ctdb. This is what we 
use and it works very well. If you want to use samba 4.x on a separate 
server or VM for AD function just beware of the limitations and problems!

Jonn