[GRLUG] Samba 4

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Thu, 2013-02-14 at 15:53 -0500, Michael Mol wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:50 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
> > Has anyone started using Samba 4 as a DC? Appears to be on releast 4.0.4
> > and pretty close to reality, ..
> In theory, it should work just fine. Was actually trying to get that
> working earlier today, but I ran into a conflict between the kerberos
> realm name and the domain name. (I'm guessing the lack of a FQDN is
> where the problem is.) Probably going to try setting up an all-Linux
> AD setup at home.

An active directory realm is a DNS domain [or sub-domain].  That is the
nature of the beast [and pretty much Kerberos too, but straight Kerberos
lets you fudge a bit - and pay later in frustrating configurations, AD
just says my-way-or-the-hi-way].  In this case I think AD makes the only
sane choice.

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Adam Tauno Williams  GPG D95ED383
Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA