[Samba] SysVol questions

[Steve Campbell]

On 5/22/2014 11:06 AM, Stéphane PURNELLE wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> 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?
> Sysvol is a particular share used when you want to use samba as a Active
> Directory Domain Controler.
>
> this share must not contain data (your volumes).
I finally got that through my head. Sysvol must be on a dedicated machine.
>
> a volume can be a partition or a directory into a partition.
> it's depend how you want to manage your server.
A volume is just a share, correct? Are we speaking about the same thing 
here?
>
> What netware version have you ?
Netware 6.5 SP1. (Don't laugh, we use things around here until the bits 
and bytes are completely worn out). We are gradually phasing out Quark 
4.0 as our pagination system, along with these Netware Volumes. Can't 
help it if my company is thrifty (another word for cheap). I have to 
work with these constraints.

steve


>
> regards
>
>          Stéphane Purnelle
>
>
>
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> samba-bounces at lists.samba.org wrote on 22/05/2014 15:35:01:
>
>> De : Steve Campbell <campbell at cnpapers.com>
>> A : samba at lists.samba.org,
>> Date : 22/05/2014 15:35
>> Objet : [Samba] SysVol questions
>> Envoyé par : samba-bounces at lists.samba.org
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> Thanks for any insight.
>>
>> steve campbell
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