[Samba] How can I setup a Domain Controller and File Server on the same hardware

Rowland Penny rpenny at samba.org
Sat Nov 5 16:50:02 UTC 2016


On Sat, 5 Nov 2016 12:33:15 -0400
John te Bokkel via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> I understand from the wiki that I shouldn't have the domain
> controller also be the file server.
> 
> Is it possible to to setup the domain controller in a chroot and have
> the file server run under regular root?
> 
> Would it be better to setup a VM for the domain controller and have
> file server run on the main OS or vice-versa?
> 
> Regards,
> John

Try reading the wiki again, especially this:

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_an_Active_Directory_Domain_Controller#Using_the_Domain_Controller_as_a_File_Server

Rowland



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