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

[Luis Peromarta]

Also you shouldn’t use rfc2307 while provisioning. Learn why.

http://samba.bigbird.es/doku.php?id=samba:no-need-for-use-rfc2307
On 26 Feb 2026 at 15:01 +0000, Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>, wrote:

> 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
>
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