[CentOS] Samba + Openldap

Wed Oct 26 02:37:58 UTC 2011
Christopher Chan <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk>

On Wednesday, October 26, 2011 10:16 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-10-26 at 07:57 +0800, Christopher Chan wrote:
>> On Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:38 PM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
>>>> Samba 4 is currently not yet in a state where it can replace existing
>>>> production deployments. [1]
>>>> [1] http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4#Current_Status
>>> That is the official story - but try it - it works *BETTER* than an NT4
>>> Samba 3.x domain.  Seriously, really.  Recent Samba 4 builds *are* in
>>> production at several sites.  It works.
>>> <http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO>
>>> Note that Samba 4 is best discussed on the technical list, not yet on
>>> the users list.
>> /me salutes the white mice that will make samba4 better and completely
>> ready to take over the Windows AD service.
>
> You can already have a mix of Samba 4 and Windows 2008R2 domain
> controllers in the same domain.

I know...but I wanna not have to have any Windows AD.

>
> If you create an S3 domain you face the grisly prospects of having to
> upgrade that domain to an S4/AD domain someday.  Which is *not* fun.
>

Thanks. I'll stick with the current Windows 2000 AD until samba4 is ready!