[Samba] Functionality of Nmbd at Active Directory mode of Samba4 !

[Rowland Penny]

On 01/12/15 16:19, CpServiceSPb . wrote:
>> If you run 'nmbd' with 'samba' i.e. on an AD DC, you are duplicating
> the code in the 'nmb' component of the 'samba' deamon, this is definitely
>> not recommended. You could turn off 'nmb', but again this is
> not recommended, the rest of the 'samba' deamon relies on 'nmb' not the
>> external 'nmbd' .
>> Or to put it another way, if you are running 'nmbd' with an AD DC, I
> would suggest you stop, sooner or later, you are going to have problems.
> Unfortunatelly, may be you are right. :((
> When I run Nmbd with Saba at AD mode, I don' t remember exactly now, but if
> Nmbd started first and then Samba daemon, error was or vice versa.
>
>
>> Well probably not any time soon, (unless you are prepared to come up with
> patches), this appears to be one of those things that would be nice
>> to have, but not at the top of the list. It also seems to be disappearing
> from windows, so why waste valuable time doing something
>> that will possibly no longer be needed.
> It also seems to be disappearing from Windows - but hasn' t been
> disappeared and i think will not be disappeared form quite long time.
> More over many pc station are equipped Windows XP yet, not even Windows 7.
> As following, it can be necessary for a quite long time.

There is nothing stopping you connecting directly to your shares, or 
using a domain member as a fileserver
In my personal opinion, you are risking trouble by still using XP, yes I 
know that sometimes you have to, but I would suggest that you start 
making plans to replace XP, I would not put it past microsoft coming up 
with something to stop later versions of windows connecting to XP PCs. 
You are also risking any unknown security holes (unknown to everybody 
but the black hats, that is) in XP, these holes will not be fixed.


>
>  From mathias
>> Now VM usage + split of file servers => no need of nmbd on AD DC. Nmbd
> will be run on file servers which serve files for Windows computers.
>> That's just my own point of view, built according to own understanding of
> Samba. That means I can be really far from the original "why" : )
>
> I know many people who has AD DC 2008R, even 2003R2  at working position.
> And people who is connected to its DCs or servered by it very active uses
> Windows analogue of nmb functionality (built-in in Windows of course) in
> their LANs.
> I will remember, that nmbd in addition makes server visible in Network
> Neighborhood, in some points takes part of accessing to it by NetBios name
> (additionally to IP) ,
> maintains computers list for group, can acts as LMB and/or DMB that is in
> general makes possible Neighborhood Browsing.
> Quite a big function capacity in my oppinion.
>
> And it is more comfortable to get AD DC with fully working Neignborhood
> Browsing.
> And some of them people (mentioned above) stopped to migrate their Windows
> AD DCs to Samba4 one because of the reason - lack of discussion
> functionality.
> As following, I consider important working full nmb functional with AD DC
> at Samba4.
>
>
> May be I am wrong, but moving code from nmbd (s3) is necessary only to AD
> DC nmb code part (s4) , of course with some editions.
> But I may be wrong.
>
> *Rowland, *can you point me to files from AD DC sources where nmb code is
> presented ?
>
>
> May be I will be able to start "process" of working under it. :))

All I can suggest is you get hold of 'samba-master' from samba git and 
see if you can work out how to do this. To me 'C' comes between 'B' & 
'D' :-D i.e. I haven't a clue

Rowland