[Samba] Samba rpms now available from CentOS Storage SIG

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 4:55 AM Anoop C S <anoopcs at samba.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2020-08-18 at 04:09 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia via samba wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 5:10 AM Anoop C S via samba
> > <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2020-08-17 at 07:47 +0100, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
> > > > On 17/08/2020 07:35, Anoop C S via samba wrote:
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > This is to announce the availability of Samba(and CTDB) rpms
> > > > > from
> > > > > Storage SIG[1] on CentOS 7 and 8. Visit Samba's CentOS wiki
> > > > > page[2]
> > > > > for
> > > > > more details on installation steps.
> > > > >
> > > > > [1] https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Storage
> > > > > [2] https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Storage/Samba
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Anoop C S.
> > > >
> > > > Hi Anoop, Are these packages capable of provisioning an AD domain
> > > > with
> > > > Heimdal ?
> > >
> > > Nope, these are built with system MIT kerberos requirement and does
> > > not
> > > contain bits and pieces to setup Samba as an AD domain controller.
> > >
> > > For better clarity I will update wiki page to contain this
> > > information.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Anoop C S.
> >
> > Then what, precisely, is the point of these non-RHEL supported
> > updates, rather than using the versions built into the base RHEL and
> > CentOS?
>
> quoting from the other reply on @centos mailing list:
>
> "Unlike Samba from default CentOS repository, which stays at a
> particular version for a while, Storage SIG Samba is planned to have
> latest possible stable versions packaged and shipped as and when they
> are released upstream. Additionally it is aimed at maintaining
> GlusterFS integration by shipping samba-vfs-glusterfs package with
> specific VFS module for accessing GlusterFS volumes."

I don't have any personal need for vfs, but of course tastes and
usages vary. Can I encourage you to  consider accepting the burden and
compile Samba with heimdal and full domain controller capacity, in a
repository with GPG signatures and build stability I've not been able
to provide for binaries.