[Samba] Linux desktop setup with authentication against Samba AD DC

[Rowland Penny]

On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 12:11:55 -0500
Jeffrey Walton via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 11:06 AM Rowland Penny via samba
> <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 10:13:06 -0500
> > Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 3:33 AM Rowland Penny via samba
> > > <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 2 Dec 2024 14:51:36 +0100
> > > > Marco Gaiarin via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> > > > [...]
> > > > But if you want an howto for Debian, see here:
> > > >
> > > > https://github.com/hortimech/Samba/blob/main/Install%20a%20Samba%20Unix%20domain%20member%20on%20Debian%2012
> > >
> > > Also see <https://wiki.debian.org/Samba>. It is a top-level
> > > landing page with links to additional articles.
> > >
> > > Jeff
> >
> > How shall I put this, I know :-)
> >
> > That link to the Debian page is very good if you are carrying
> > out historical research.
> >
> > It is a prime example of not what to do nowadays.
> 
> Thanks Rowland.
> 
> Forgive my ignorance... Does that apply to all the linked articles? If
> so, I'll update the Debian wiki with the warning.
> 
> Jeff
> 

Looking at the page, the first block is a list that links to other
pages (they all appear to be old):

Samba/BuildingALinuxDomain
Goes to another page with outdated methods.

Samba/ClientSetup
This isn't really about Samba, it is about cifs-utils and that isn't
actually part of Samba.

Samba/DcWithLdapBackend - Windows NT-style Domain Controller with LDAP as an authentication mechanism.
An outdated method that isn't recommended anymore, it requires SMBv1.

Samba/ActiveDirectoryDomainController
This is a link to the Samba wiki, Debian should have its own page.

Samba/Dirvish
Appears to be a backup system that hasn'had an update for years.

Samba/DomainController
An even more outdated version of Samba/DcWithLdapBackend.

Samba/FreeRadiusToLdap
Wouldn't this be better using kerberos ?

Samba/LinuxDomainClients
Very, very dated, do not use with Samba AD.

Samba/ServerSimple
aka standalone server, needs work.

Samba/WindowsPginaClient
Pgina is old and was forked and the fork is old, I wouldn't use it.

Rowland