[Samba] Default route mandatory on a Samba member server?

Kees van Vloten keesvanvloten at gmail.com
Tue Jan 17 14:38:22 UTC 2023


Op 17-01-2023 om 15:01 schreef Peter Milesson via samba:
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> On 17.01.2023 14:54, Kees van Vloten via samba wrote:
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>> Op 17-01-2023 om 13:49 schreef Peter Milesson via samba:
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> Is a default route and gateway mandatory on a Samba member server?
>>>
>>> The AD DCs, the workstations and the Samba member server are on the 
>>> same network segment. As the member server only serves files to the 
>>> local network, I assume that neither gateway, nor default route are 
>>> necessary. For updates, gateway and default route could be defined.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
>> To answer your original question: if all machines (workstations, 
>> AD-DCs, member-server) are in the same network and DNS is functioning 
>> through the AD-DCs, then it should not require any external 
>> connectivity.
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>> - Kees.
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> Hi Kees,
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> thanks for your input on this. My tests seem to corroborate this.
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> Best regards,
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> Peter
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You must also provide time-services (NTP) in the local network and 
ensure all clocks are synced, otherwise Kerberos will not work.

- Kees.




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