samba - Feb 2021 - Planning ahead

Hi
We have a small but pretty well functioning mix of Windows AD servers, clients
and Samba file servers today (running on Ubuntu). Looking ahead, I plan to test
a Linux-only environment (including a virtual win server for an application
database that is unportable?). So I had previous an idea to try CentOS as base,
and now I have installed the predecessor Alma Linux so I can start a small lab.
To my surprise , the Samba version available in the RH repos does not support
the AD function (samba-tool missing). I found some old posts that confirmed
that, but there are several years old.

What is the status today? Can I run samba as an AD server on RH-based servers?

Anders ?stling

D?mmegatan 11
SE-25442 Helsingborg
Sweden
Phone: +46 768 716 165
Skype: anders.ostling at outlook.com

On 02/02/2021 16:25, Anders ?stling via samba wrote:
> Hi
> We have a small but pretty well functioning mix of Windows AD servers,
clients and Samba file servers today (running on Ubuntu). Looking ahead, I plan
to test a Linux-only environment (including a virtual win server for an
application database that is unportable?). So I had previous an idea to try
CentOS as base, and now I have installed the predecessor Alma Linux so I can
start a small lab. To my surprise , the Samba version available in the RH repos
does not support the AD function (samba-tool missing). I found some old posts
that confirmed that, but there are several years old.
>
> What is the status today? Can I run samba as an AD server on RH-based
servers?
>
Not using RHEL packages and they are on record as saying that there 
never will be. Have you considered Debian instead ?

Rowland