[Samba] can windows server 2012 R2 join samba ad directly

[Andrew Bartlett]

I would need to see the logs on the Samba side.  Do other changes
replicate?

It may just be normal replication issues, check DNS in particular. 

Andrew Bartlett

On Tue, 2022-03-22 at 16:25 +0800, Adam Xu via samba wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> I have joined my windows AD to samba AD successfully. But,
> 
> when I change one user's password in windoiws AD. the password was not 
> synced to other samba AD DCs.
> 
> Is this a compatibility issue?
> 
> 在 2022/3/19 12:57, Andrew Bartlett via samba 写道:
> > On Sat, 2022-03-19 at 09:24 +0800, Adam Xu via samba wrote:
> > > Hi samba list,
> > > 
> > > accroding to samba wiki,
> > > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Joining_a_Windows_Server_2012_/_2012_R2_DC_to_a_Samba_AD
> > > 
> > > Windows server 2012 R2 can't join to samba AD directly. I need to join a
> > > windows server 2018 R2 to samba AD first and then join windows server
> > > 2012 R2 to samba AD.
> > > 
> > > but a searched for a document.
> > > https://samba.tranquil.it/doc/en/samba_advanced_methods/samba_add_windows_active_directory.html
> > > 
> > > In that document, we can join windows server 2012 R2 to samba directly.
> > > 
> > > Which document is more reliable? My samba version is 4.15.6.
> > Why not try it?
> > 
> > If it works, update the wiki.
> > 
> > It's the weekend, so this is just from memory, but while we did a pile
> > of work on our 'adprep' reimplementation (using the public script files
> > MS published, thanks MS!), to allow this, and before that recommended
> > going via a MS server to run their adprep, Microsoft fixed some bugs we
> > alerted them to.
> > 
> > That I understand now allows a join directly.
> > 
> > Andrew Bartlett
> > 

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