[Samba] RSAT not working any more?

[Ingo Asche]

Hi Patrick,

yes, it's working, I have created several GPOs with it...

Regards
Ingo
https://github.com/WAdama

Patrick Goetz schrieb am 29.10.2021 um 19:12:
> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>