[Samba] Subject: Penetration Testing Tools for Samba AD DC (version 4.23.6)

[Kees van Vloten]

Op 29-09-2026 om 23:45 schreef Mohamed tahar Taibi via samba:
> Hello Samba Team,
>
> My name is Mohamed, and my major is Information Technology. I have some
> questions about Samba AD DC.
>
> To be honest, in the past few days I have started learning Active Directory
> penetration testing. I have an Ubuntu 26.04 server running Samba AD DC
> version 4.23.6.
>
> My first question: Are there penetration testing tools specifically
> designed for Samba AD DC, similar to those available for Windows Server
> acting as an AD DS role?
>
> My second question: Do penetration testing tools that target Windows Server
> AD DS work effectively in a Samba AD DC environment?
All tools that connect to Samba over the wire are interchangable between 
MS-AD and Samba-AD, as Samba is a drop-in replacement. In that sense 
there is no need for Linux specific tools.

If you want to do tests as a user logged in on the server where Samba-AD 
runs, standard Linux pentest tools apply.

- Kees

>
> Thank you for your time.
>
> Best regards,
> Mohamed