[Samba] Sernet Packages - description

[Sébastien Le Ray]

Hi,


Le 28/01/2015 10:28, Rowland Penny a écrit :
> On 28/01/15 02:37, Rich Webb wrote:
>
>>   Also I'm hoping that the performance on this server will be faster 
>> than that of the domain controller. Currently this domain controller 
>> is serving files but I want to move that function to a dedicated box.
>

For months, there has been no explanation about the reason, just /don't 
do this/. And queries for a rationale behind this were rarely answered. 
Now there is only this sentence :

We/*_do not recommend_*using the Domain Controller as a file Server. 
This is due to issues with the winbind internal to the Domain 
Controller. The recommendation is to run separate file orMember Servers 
<https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setup_a_Samba_AD_Member_Server>./


OK, so in fact the only reason is the poor internal winbind 
implementation, so this sentence won't be true after 4.2 release…

In medium sized organizations with sparse small agencies around the 
country/world, having two boxes (either physical or through chroot) is 
not always an option so having the DC and the agency's fileserver merged 
makes sense.

Regards<