On 8 February 2016 at 20:41, Mike <1100100 at 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? > > > RHEL/CentOS/Fedora does not at this time have DC capable samba4 packages. If you check the samba-dc{,-libs} packages you'll see they just have a README stating this. The work is ongoing and in the background I've heard good things on progress. If the free sernet packages are too old I suggest using their spec as the basis for the current samba4 version and building from source with the current. Hopefully it won't be much longer till it arrives - keep an eye on Fedora for indication on when it arrives there... I imagine it'd be the first 7.X milestone after that as a tech preview, if RH do decide to support it.