[Samba] freeradius on dc?

Alexander Harm || ApfelQ alexander.harm at apfelq.com
Wed Nov 30 07:56:05 UTC 2022


Not from my side. I tried it a couple of times but for us containers were always a mess when it came to Samba. Starting from permission issues and problems forwarding all the ports necessary (which conflicted with the host). That is why we only use virtual machines now.

> On Wednesday, Nov 30, 2022 at 8:14 AM, Zombie Ryushu via samba <samba at lists.samba.org (mailto:samba at lists.samba.org)> wrote:
> On 11/30/22 02:01, Joachim Lindenberg via samba wrote:
> > Hello Andrew,
> > good point. Actually I would love to run freeradius + samba in one or two docker containers. However, while there are descriptions on how to run freeradius in a container, there aren´t a lot for a samba member server. Any pointer for that?
> > Thanks,
> > Joachim
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. November 2022 00:51
> > An: Joachim Lindenberg <samba at lindenberg.one>; samba at lists.samba.org
> > Betreff: Re: [Samba] freeradius on dc?
> >
> > On Tue, 2022-11-29 at 22:31 +0100, Joachim Lindenberg via samba wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am wondering whether it is possible / recommended or not, to install
> > > and use freeradius on a domain controller. The documentation at
> > > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Authenticating_Freeradius_against_Act
> > > ive_Directory is about installation/configuration on member servers
> > > only.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts? What changes on a dc?
> > It should still just work, as the same winbindd is under the hood and this mode of operation is connected, but running a member server allows more separation of concerns and avoids any DC being 'special'.
> >
> > VMs or containers are good for this.
> >
> > Andrew Bartlett
>
> I might be able to chime in on here, if your DC is RFC2307 Compliant,
> you might be able to treat Samba like OpenLDAP and Heimdal.
>
> I used to do this with my old OpenLDAP/Heimdal/Samba 3 Setup. I know for
> a fact, the OpenLDAP Schema for FreeRadius can be converted and imported
> into Samba 4 AD, but this "breaks" Samba 4's compatibility with other AD
> Forests wherein actual Windows Servers need the same Schema.
>
>
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the
> instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba


More information about the samba mailing list