[Samba] samba 4 authenticate with samba 3 ldap schema

[Rowland Penny]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:39:43 +0200
Andrea Zagli via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> 
> Hi
> 
> as the object: i have a samba 4 standalone server and i want to
> authenticate it using the openldap created for the samba 3 domain
> controller
> 
> is it possible?
> 

Yes, it is still possible to set up Samba as an NT4-style PDC, but I
suggest you do not, that requires NetBIOS which requires SMBv1 and that
isn't secure. I suggest you investigate setting up a Samba AD domain
instead.

Rowland