• Preparing your server for Samba.
• Choose your sources for Samba: Using Debian Backports.
• Choose your sources for Samba: Using Tokarev's repo.
• Install binaries for a Samba Domain Controller.
• Install binaries for a Member Server.
• Setting up (provisioning) your first AD Domain Controller.
• Setting up an additional Domain Controller.
• Setting up a Member Server (file server).
• Choosing and configuring your idmap backend for a member server.
• Configuring Shares using RSAT for Windows.
• Creating new users in the AD.
• Home folders notes
• Setting up a print server.
• Setting up Automatic Printer Driver Downloads for Windows Clients.

• Installing and configuring NTP server Chrony on a Samba DC.
• Sync SysVol folder between DCs.
• Sync idmap.ldb between DCs.
• Checking, transferring or seizing FSMO roles.
• Demoting a Samba DC.
• Upgrading the forest and domain level to 2016.
• Allowing users to add / remove computers to AD
• Upgrading a Samba DC the right way.
• Checking AD replication
• Samba DC maintenance.
• Setting up freeradius and samba AD for wpa2 WiFi auth.
• Hardening a Samba server.
• Resilient DNS Forwarding for Samba AD using dnsdist

• Installing RSAT tools for windows the easy way.
• Allow 'Worstation-Admins' group to add (Join) & remove computers from domain
• Completely remove samba form your system.
• List all computers in a AD infrastructure.
• Creating Samba users and groups from the command line.
• Linux DNS administration notes.
• My smb.conf parameters on a member server explained.
• Set up passwordless SSH using Private/Public Keys
• Recommendations for your Samba deployment.
• How to safely and seamlessly upgrade your file member server

• Make sure your clients update the DNS records (A and PTR) via GPO.
• Make an AD group part of local workstation Administrators group via GPO.
• Allow Remote Desktop Connection via GPO.
• Allow an AD group to Remote Desktop.

• Why you should not use --use-rfc2307 when provisioning
• Granting users privileges in member servers.
• Other id-mapping notes
• Linux ACLs and how they are insufficient to properly handle Windows ACLs.
• Using Linux Extended Attributes and how they are needed to properly manage Windows ACLs.
• Debian Trixie notes

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