[Samba] Domain Member as File Server

[Rob Campbell]

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In all things, Be Intentional.


On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 4:14 AM Joachim Lindenberg via samba <
samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hello Rowland,
> this is a great summary. Can this please be added to the documentation,
> may be the faq?
>
I agree.  Thanks for the summary.  I was understanding samba as the package
but you were talking about samba as the service.

> Thanks,
> Joachim
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: samba <samba-bounces at lists.samba.org> Im Auftrag von Rowland Penny
> via samba
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. November 2022 08:44
> An: samba at lists.samba.org
> Cc: Rowland Penny <rpenny at samba.org>
> Betreff: Re: [Samba] Domain Member as File Server
>
>
>
> On 16/11/2022 01:58, Rob Campbell via samba wrote:
> > Unless I read wrong (You must not start the samba service on a domain
> > member. This service is required only on Active Directory (AD) domain
> > controllers (DC).), the domain member shouldn't have the samba
> > services actually running on it, correct?  If that is the case, how do
> > I make it a file server?
>
> Yes, you read it wrong ;-)
>
> Samba is composed of 4 binaries (or services), samba, nmbd, smbd and
> winbindd
>
> You only start the samba binary on an AD DC and this will then start the
> other required binaries.
>
> For a standalone server, you only start the smbd binary (with optionally
> nmbd for SMBv1 and browsing).
>
> For an AD Unix domain member, you need to start smbd and winbindd (again
> optionally nmbd for SMBv1 and browsing).
>
> Rowland
>
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