[Samba] debian rwdc and rodc version

[Rowland Penny]

On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 08:47:01 +0000
Manzini Enrico via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Samba mailing list good morning
> 
> I've an internal testing infrastructure composed of
> 1 central site with 2 debian 12, samba 4.21 rwdc, and 1 windows
> server 2012 R2 rwdc 1 remote site with 1 debian 12, samba 4.21 rodc

Now that confuses me, the standard Samba pages on Debian 12 are 4.17.12
and 4.22.2 (at present) from backports, so where did 4.21.x come from ?

> 
> Everything works fine
> 
> i've configured both the debian rwdc and rodc

Why are you using an RODC ? The only real reason for doing so is if the
actually computer that the RODC is running is in danger of being stolen.

> with the parameter "ad
> dc functional level = 2012_R2" in smb.conf, and the change domain
> controller feature in ADUC (active directory users and computers)
> show me the "DC Version" tab for the debian rwdcs the version
> "Windows Server 2012 R2", while the "DC Version" for the rodc still
> show the default version of "W2k8 R2"
> 
> this configuration is in anticipation for test the raise of the
> domain and forest functional level from "Windows Server 2008 R2" to
> "Windows Server 2012 R2"

When you do get it to work, if you then remove the Windows DC, you
should be able to get to 2016.

> 
> Perhaps i'm missing something in the rodc configuration?

Not sure, not everything is replicated to an RODC, perhaps the relevant
functional parts aren't ?

Rowland