[Samba] RSAT for Win7

Peter Milesson miles at atmos.eu
Tue Jan 12 08:36:54 UTC 2021



On 2021-01-11 17:56, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
> On 11/01/2021 16:27, Peter Milesson via samba wrote:
>>
>> On 2021-01-11 16:54, Dale via samba wrote:
>>> Does anyone have an alternate download location for Windows 7 RSAT? 
>>> The link in the wiki is quite dead.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Dale
>>>
>> Hi Dale,
>>
>> Isn't it much less fuzz to enable the optional RSAT tools in Windows 
>> 10 (Settings/Apps/Optional features/Add a feature)?
>>
>> I know lots of people love Windows 7 (I'm one of them), but for the 
>> sake of security, I would be very reluctant to let Windows 7 into my 
>> internet exposed networks. Remember, there are no security updates 
>> rolled out anymore. And more and more applications don't work under 
>> Windows 7.
>>
>> But the choice is yours.
>>
>> I wish you a nice day,
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
> Hi Peter, I understand your concerns, but Win 7 RSAT definitely has 
> something that later versions don't, Unix Attribute tabs.
>
> Rowland
>
>
>
Thanks for the reminder Rowland. I use my Samba AD domains exclusively 
for serving Windows workstations. I don't use NIS, and thus I don't need 
the Unix Attributes (and forgot about them).

Best regards,

Peter





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