[Samba] RSAT not working any more?

[Patrick Goetz]

Thanks, Ingo -

What about the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) -- does this still 
work?

On 10/29/21 11:32, Ingo Asche wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
> 
> that's not quite true...
> 
> Only for example the Active-Directory Management Center didn't work for 
> as Rowland said the missing Powershell modules and the web server.
> 
> But Active Directory User and Computers or the DNS management should 
> still work.
> 
> I use it on Windows 10 21H1 19043.1320. The only difference is the Samba 
> version at the moment: 4.18.8, but I used it also to test 4.15.0 and the 
> upcoming 4.15.1 and it still works...
> 
> Regards
> Ingo
> https://github.com/WAdama
> 
> Patrick Goetz via samba schrieb am 29.10.2021 um 18:15:
>>
>>
>> On 10/29/21 10:42, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2021-10-29 at 17:57 +0300, Thomas Kamalakis via samba wrote:
>>>> Dear all
>>>>
>>>>    I am having trouble administering Samba DC using RSAT on a Windows
>>>> 10
>>>> machine.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately RSAT on the latest Windows 10 needs a web server that
>>> Samba does not have.
>>
>> OMG, what? Are you saying we can't use RSAT? It's a bit problematic 
>> that the Wiki in most cases advises you to use RSAT for this and that. 
>> How do we create GPO's without RSAT, for example?  When you say latest 
>> version of Windows 10, can you pinpoint what version that is so I most 
>> carefully do not update one of the W10 machines?
>>
>> Time for another dose of 'zac and jack (Prozac washed down with Jack 
>> Daniels). Why, oh why did I get out of math, where nothing ever 
>> suffers random updates that break everything?
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Installation info:
>>>>    Samba version: 4.14.9 (installed fresh from source on an Ubuntu
>>>> 20.04).
>>>>    Windows 10 client: Windows 10 Pro (21H1 - OS build 19043.1288)
>>>>    RSAT server manager: Build number 10.0.19041.1 / 12-6-2019
>>>>
>>>>    Server manager identifies the server running the "Samba" operating
>>>> system
>>>> and then reports "Error - Cannot manage the operating system of the
>>>> target
>>>> computer"
>>>>
>>>>    The Windows 10 client has successfully joined the domain and I am
>>>> logged
>>>> in as Administrator at DOMAIN.EXAMPLE.COM without any problems.
>>>>
>>>>    DNS is working on the DC, and I am correctly resolving the LDAP and
>>>> kerberos services as well as the dc name dc1.domain.example.com
>>>>
>>>>    I've also tried the Ubuntu 20.04 samba version (4.11.6) on a clean
>>>> install and behavior is the same. Clean installing Samba 4.15 was
>>>> worse,
>>>> Administrator could not login, it seems this is a widespread problem
>>>> for
>>>> the 4.15, this is why I ended up building the 4.14.9
>>>
>>> Yes, there is known problem with 4.15.0, the upcoming 4.15.1 will fix
>>> this.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Does any one have any suggestions? I remember RSAT working fine
>>>> with
>>>> earlier Windows and Samba versions.
>>>
>>> Not at the moment, there are numerous programs out there, but nothing
>>> exactly like RSAT, the nearest is a package that Altlinux is working
>>> on.
>>>
>>> Rowland
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>