[Samba] Migrate DC from Small Business Server 2011 to Samba 4

Rowland penny rpenny at samba.org
Tue Mar 3 10:20:08 UTC 2020


On 03/03/2020 10:15, Thor via samba wrote:
> Am 06.01.2020 um 21:19 schrieb Rowland penny via samba:
>> On 06/01/2020 19:08, Thor via samba wrote:
>>> Another question: What is the minimum Samba version I should use for 
>>> a DC?
>>>
>> The latest you can get ;-)
>>
>> Samba is improving with every version, so using the latest you can 
>> get ensures you get the best outcome.
>
> I've thought about using FreeBSD 12.1 as domain controller. It offers 
> Samba 4.10.11. Would this be a reasonable choice?
>
>
Not really, there are problems with the default filesystems (UFS, ZFS), 
you will find it a lot easier with Debian and ext4, you also get to use 
Louis's packages, see here: http://apt.van-belle.nl/

Rowland





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