samba:main-menu
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The how-to-get-samba-ad-working-in-20-minutes guide
Main Articles
- 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.
- Setting up a print server.
- Setting up Automatic Printer Driver Downloads for Windows Clients.
Other Relevant Articles
- 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.
- Upgrading the forest and domain level to 2016.
- Allowing users to add / remove computers to AD
- Upgrading a Samba DC the right way.
- 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
Shorter articles and utilities
- 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.
- 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
GPO Examples
- 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.
Articles you (probably) don't need to read to get your AD working
- 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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