[Samba] Fwd: Good installation documentation on samba4?

[Lee Brown]

It's been about 6 months since I setup my DC plus 2 file servers and I
found that guide to be particularly helpful.  In fact the only problems I
had were due to jailing the components and shooting myself in the foot.
Sorry this doesn't help the OP, but I felt a contrary point of view should
be presented.

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Rowland penny <rpenny at samba.org> wrote:

> On 28/07/16 21:55, Léon van der Kaap wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am looking for good installation instructions for an active directory
>> domain controller installation of samba4. The only source I have reliably
>> found is
>>
>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setup_a_Samba_Active_Directory_Domain_Controller
>> which is unfortunately both incomplete in certain sections and incorrect
>> in
>> others.
>>
>> A good example of incomplete information is the guide on the name server.
>> In the org that I work for, we've chosen the samba_internal dns server.
>> However, the guide is not clear on making sure that the machine needs to
>> refer to itself for dns queries, something that is quite essential.
>>
>
> Do you mean it should say something like this:
>
>
>    Configure /etc/resolv.conf
>
> Your Domain Controller requires a name server that is able to resolve
> queries to Active Directory zones. Because this is your first Domain
> Controller in your AD forest, use the DCs IP and domain name in your
> /etc/resolv.conf:
>
> domain samdom.example.com
> nameserver 10.99.0.1
>
>
>
>> An example of incorrect information is that copying the example krb5.conf
>> file should do the trick. In practice, I have traversed the far corners of
>> the internet for an actual working example of the krb5.conf file.
>>
>
> The example one should work, this is all I have in /etc/krb5.conf on my
> DCs:
>
> [libdefaults]
>     default_realm = SAMDOM.EXAMPLE.COM
>     dns_lookup_realm = false
>     dns_lookup_kdc = true
>
>
>> Furthermore, there is no "what to do when things fail" fall back option. I
>> do not know when to continue with the guide and when to test the actual
>> working state of the installation at a certain state.
>>
>
> Is there something wrong with this:
>
>
>  Troubleshooting
>
> If you encounter any problems when using this documentation, see the Samba
> AD DC Troubleshooting <
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_AD_DC_Troubleshooting> page.
>
> Which points at this page:
>
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_AD_DC_Troubleshooting
>
>
>
>> In all desperation, I have written my own guide to samba4 installation,
>> but
>> I have no idea if what I did was sufficient, only that it looks ok when
>> testing some functionality.
>>
>> Is there a mythical samba4 guide or are people doomed to endlessly google
>> their questions?
>>
>
> Most (if not all) of the info is on the Samba wiki and if you are still
> struggling, try asking here.
>
> Rowland
>
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