[Samba] LAPS support

[Kees van Vloten]

On 27-04-2023 18:58, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
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> On 27/04/2023 17:49, Kees van Vloten via samba wrote:
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>> On 27-04-2023 18:18, Arnaud FLORENT via samba wrote:
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>>> so it looks that 2016 domain functional level is required for this...
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>>> Le 12/04/2023 à 10:21, Kees van Vloten via samba a écrit :
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>>>> Op 12-04-2023 om 10:17 schreef Rowland Penny via samba:
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>>>>> On 12/04/2023 09:12, Kees van Vloten via samba wrote:
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>>>>>> Op 12-04-2023 om 09:57 schreef Rowland Penny via samba:
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>>>>>>> On 12/04/2023 08:51, Kees van Vloten via samba wrote:
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>>>>>>>> Op 12-04-2023 om 09:47 schreef Arnaud FLORENT via samba:
>>>>>>>>> Hello everybody
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> does/will samba AD support t LAPS GPO ?
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>>>>>>>>> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/laps/laps-overview 
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>>>>>>>>> As far as I understand, this requires schema extension
>>>>>>>> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/laps/laps-technical-reference 
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>>>>>>>> Here's a good description of what to do:
>>>>>>>> https://samba.tranquil.it/doc/en/samba_advanced_methods/samba_configure_laps.html#configuring-laps-for-samba-ad 
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>>>>>>>> - Kees.
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>>>>>>> Let me say at the start, I do not use LAPS, but isn't the 
>>>>>>> TranquilIT page about using the legacy version and there appears 
>>>>>>> to be a new kid in town ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rowland
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>>>>>> I think that is SRP, which is described in the same document.
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>>>>>> - Kees.
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>>>>> Not sure you are correct there, 'legacy' uses 2 attributes, the 
>>>>> new one uses 7, see here:
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>>>>> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/laps/laps-technical-reference 
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>>>>>
>>>>> Rowland
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>>>> Correct, it looks like MS also changed the LAPS implementation...
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>>> i think i update the schema successfully with the 6 new attributes
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>>> but unfortunately, the policy is not applied
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>>> event log on windows 10 client says
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>>> "LAPS password encryption is required but the Active Directory 
>>> domain is not yet at 2016 domain functional level. The password was 
>>> not updated and no changes will be made until this is corrected."
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>>> this new implementation requires 2016 domain functional level...
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>> That will take a while, I suppose. Currently Samba is 2008R2 
>> compatible with feature from 2012...
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>> What about the legacy solution with 2 attributes? Is that still 
>> compatible with Windows 10?
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>> It would explain why the people at Transquil IT have the obsolete 
>> solution in their docs...
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> Don't be too despondent, as I understand it, work is ongoing to get to 
> 2012 and then (as I seem to remember reading) it should be fairly easy 
> to get to 2016.
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> Rowland
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I was not trying to be despondent, bad wording perhaps. If I understood 
it correctly 2012 is nearly done. But then again, sometimes it takes a 
fairly long time before code lands in the master branch and gets released.