[Samba] Fwd: Good installation documentation on samba4?

[lingpanda101 at gmail.com]

On 7/29/2016 7:10 AM, Rowland penny wrote:
> On 29/07/16 11:47, Jim Seymour wrote:
>> On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 22:55:55 +0200
>> Léon van der Kaap <leonkaap at gmail.com> 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.
>> [snip]
>>
>> Unfortunately, that's it :(
>>
>> I noted the same issues a year ago, when I tried to get Samba AD
>> working for us.  I was invited to help improve the docs.  I like
>> writing docs, and probably would have, except we weren't able to get
>> Samba working as an AD the way we needed it to, so I dropped the
>> project.
>>
>> Your only hope, beyond that, is this mailing list.  The regulars here
>> are very helpful and very patient, to which I can attest :)
>>
>> DO NOT be tempted to go searching for help elsewhere on the 'net.  Much
>> of what you'll find will be wildly inaccurate and will only lead you to
>> grief.  Ask me how I know ;)
>>
>> Good luck,
>> Jim
>
> OK, I have had another look at the Samba wikipage and apart from it 
> only describing how to do an interactive provision and not showing the 
> example /etc/krb5.conf, I cannot see anything  really wrong with it.
>
> So if you have problems with the page, speak up now and I will attempt 
> to address your problems.
>
> After all, if we do not know there is a problem, how can we fix it.
>
> Rowland
>
>
My two cents. I find the wiki very informative and helpful. If I find 
something difficult to understand, I post here and it's usually updated 
on the wiki.


-- 
-James