[Samba] Which guide is better for setting up and configuring Samba 4.23.5 as a Windows Server 2022 Active Directory Domain Controller?

[Rowland Penny]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:49:14 +0000
Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Subject: Which guide is better for setting up and configuring Samba
> 4.23.5 as a Windows Server 2022 Active Directory Domain Controller?
> 

Now that I have had a bit more time to look into the linked tutorials,
the one at:

https://meetcyber.net/full-guide-deploying-samba-active-directory-on-fedora-and-rocky-with-hybrid-dns-and-gpo-support-30f47fab1e90

made me stop and think.

It goes into running Bind9 and the Samba internal dns server on the DC.

The provision command is this:

sudo samba-tool domain provision \
  --use-rfc2307 \
  --realm=FEDORA.LAN \
  --domain=FEDORA \
  --server-role=dc \
  --dns-backend=SAMBA_INTERNAL \
  --adminpass='Copa@@2026'

Then further down the page it tells you to add this line (among others) to the DCs smb.conf file:

server services = rpc, nbt, wrepl, ldap, cldap, kdc, drepl, winbindd, ntp_signd, kcc, dnsupdate

Can any one else see the inconstancy between the two ? 

There a few other things that stop me recommending this tutorial.

Rowland