[CentOS] Samba + Openldap

Wed Oct 26 02:16:45 UTC 2011

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.

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.