CentOS - Feb 2016 - Seeking Clarification CentOS 7 as Samba 4 Active Directory Domain Controller

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

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.

Hi James,

Thanks for your response.
I was nervous about installing the samba-dc packages, but after your post,
I spun up a virtual machine and installed the samba-dc packages and saw the
README to which you referred.
It sounds like work is well under way from a strong redhat-backed community.
This will be a good one to follow.

Best regards,

Mike



On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 9:24 AM, James Hogarth <james.hogarth at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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.
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