[Samba] File server questions

[Flávio Silveira]

On 30/08/2017 13:16, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 12:48:09 -0300
> Flávio Silveira via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Louis
>>
>> On 30/08/2017 10:28, L.P.H. van Belle via samba wrote:
>>> Hai,
>> First I want to thank you for maintaining a debian repo with updated
>> packages, made my life much easier!
>>
>>> If you have a small network, yes, a DC only is not recommended, but
>>> if configured correcly it works fine. I see you have only one linux
>>> server, so i can assum only windows clients. Then, i say yes, setup
>>> an AD DC as fileserver.
>> Do you have any pointers on which wiki tutorial I should follow to
>> get things started?
>>
> Follow the DC wiki page:
>
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_an_Active_Directory_Domain_Controller
>
> There is even a section: Using the Domain Controller as a File Server
>
> This will send you to:
>
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_a_Domain_Member
>
> Where you will need to read this section:
>
> Configuring the Name Service Switch
>
> Which will refer you to:
>
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Libnss_winbind_Links
>
> This will tell you how to set up the libnns_winbind links
>
> Having said all that, you can do it all by installing
>
> samba attr winbind libpam-winbind libpam-krb5 libnss-winbind
> krb5-config krb5-user ntp dnsutils ldb-tools
>
> set up ntp as per the wiki:
>
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Time_Synchronisation
>
> provision the domain, run 'pam-auth-update' ensure everything is
> checked and tab to <OK> and press enter, now start 'samba'
>
> It should just work.
>
> Rowland
>

I can't thank you enough for this, great walk through!

I will probably have more questions during the setup, but I have only 
one left for now:

Will it create any issues if I do it within the current network or do 
you recommend doing in network lab?

Regards,
   Flavio Silveira