I'm putting the Centos 7 repository Samba 4 packages on hold. Going to work with Samba 4 source with embedded heimdal. I see this suggested often on the samba mailing list.

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Mike 1100100@gmail.com wrote:

I performed a Samba 4 Active Directory Domain Controller install in June of 2015 on CentOS 7. At that time I used the Samba 4.1.XX package from SerNet due to the absence of necessary heimdal packages and libraries not provided in the CentOS 7 Samba package. Since the the 4.1 series is on security fix only, I'd like to upgrade to the latest package that tracks with CentOS 7.

When searching the samba packages, I've found:

samba-client.x86_64 : Samba client programs samba-client-libs.i686 : Samba client libraries samba-client-libs.x86_64 : Samba client libraries samba-common.x86_64 : Files used by both Samba servers and clients samba-common.noarch : Files used by both Samba servers and clients samba-common-libs.x86_64 : Libraries used by both Samba servers and clients samba-common-tools.x86_64 : Tools for Samba servers and clients

samba-dc.x86_64 : Samba AD Domain Controller samba-dc-libs.x86_64 : Samba AD Domain Controller Libraries

samba-devel.i686 : Developer tools for Samba libraries samba-devel.x86_64 : Developer tools for Samba libraries samba-libs.x86_64 : Samba libraries samba-libs.i686 : Samba libraries samba-python.x86_64 : Samba Python libraries samba-test.x86_64 : Testing tools for Samba servers and clients samba-test-devel.x86_64 : Testing devel files for Samba servers and clients samba-test-libs.i686 : Libraries need by teh testing tools for Samba servers and clients samba-test-libs.x86_64 : Libraries need by teh testing tools for Samba servers and clients

It appears the CentOS 7 packages now support full provisioning of a Samba 4 AD DC but I'd like to obtain guidance regarding all necessary packages and libraries necessary to do so on CentOS7.

Has anyone on the list used CentOS7 packages (not samba source tarball or SerNet package) to install and provision a Samba4 AD DC. Which combination of repository packages did you use?

Thanks for your help.

Mike