samba - Mar 2015 - Samba AD DC and browsing of shares

Hi!

I know it is not right to have users' home directories and shared maps  
on DC, but - is there any workaround which could enable browsing of  
shares on Samba4 (4.2) AD DC like it was in good ole times of Samba3 DC?

I heard some workaround exists, but with no details an further references.

Is it crucial to have AD DC if I have to join Windows 7, 8, 8.1 to the  
domain and do not plan to use latest bells and whistles of domain  
management, just centralized supervision of users (kind of)?

Janis

On 19/03/15 20:40, J?nis wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I know it is not right to have users' home directories and shared maps 
> on DC, but - is there any workaround which could enable browsing of 
> shares on Samba4 (4.2) AD DC like it was in good ole times of Samba3 DC?
>
> I heard some workaround exists, but with no details an further 
> references.
>
> Is it crucial to have AD DC if I have to join Windows 7, 8, 8.1 to the 
> domain and do not plan to use latest bells and whistles of domain 
> management, just centralized supervision of users (kind of)?
>
> Janis
>
You do not have to use samba 4 to create an AD DC, you can use samba 4 
just like samba 3, as a standalone server, as a client in a windows 
domain, as an NT-4 style PDC, with or without Openldap etc, etc.

Rowland

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   Temats: Re: [Samba] Samba AD DC and browsing of shares
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> On 19/03/15 20:40, J?nis wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I know it is not right to have users' home directories and shared  
>> maps on DC, but - is there any workaround which could enable  
>> browsing of shares on Samba4 (4.2) AD DC like it was in good ole  
>> times of Samba3 DC?
>>
>> I heard some workaround exists, but with no details an further
references.
>>
>> Is it crucial to have AD DC if I have to join Windows 7, 8, 8.1 to  
>> the domain and do not plan to use latest bells and whistles of  
>> domain management, just centralized supervision of users (kind of)?
>>
>> Janis
>>
>
> You do not have to use samba 4 to create an AD DC, you can use samba  
> 4 just like samba 3, as a standalone server, as a client in a  
> windows domain, as an NT-4 style PDC, with or without Openldap etc,  
> etc.
So, that means i can re-compile samba(4) --without-ad-dc; configure it  
as NT-4 style DC and have Win8.1 computers joining it?

All I need is to have centralized management of users and their  
permission in order to browse shares on samba sever (the same machine  
with DC) + browsing the shares and printers on domain members to which  
they have granted access.

Janis