samba - Oct 2024 - Problem with a domain controller that is located in a separate site

On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:12:17 +0300
Adam Abramson via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> I decided to look for something about the reps-to attribute and this
> is what I came across in ms ADTS, it turns out that the attribute
> should be filled in, but for some reason this does not happen in
> samba when one is on a separate site,
> who can I contact who is working on kcc? It seems to me that this is
> the problem there, Rowland, what do you think?
> 
The thing is, according to this Microsoft page here:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-drsr/302391a9-f6e1-4c0c-a1b2-5604a42e982b

the 'repsTo' attribute is optional and, as far as I can find, is used to
replicate to another DC in the same site, so if you don't have another
DC in the same site, it should be empty (aka not there).

There are, as far as I can see, two types of replication, intersite and
intrasite, the first just replicates to DCs in the same site and the
other can replicate to any DC, no matter what site they are in.

However, I am nowhere near being expert on this, so if you feel that
Samba isn't doing what Windows does, then please feel free to open a
bug report on the subject.

Rowland

yes, above I have attached screenshots of testing from the windows side,
which show the difference between the behavior of samba and windows
servers, on windows this attribute is filled in although these servers are
also located on separate sites, I think that this difference in operation
is problematic to some extent possible, tell me where I can leave a bug
report

On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 1:00?PM Rowland Penny via samba <
samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:12:17 +0300
> Adam Abramson via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>
> > I decided to look for something about the reps-to attribute and this
> > is what I came across in ms ADTS, it turns out that the attribute
> > should be filled in, but for some reason this does not happen in
> > samba when one is on a separate site,
> > who can I contact who is working on kcc? It seems to me that this is
> > the problem there, Rowland, what do you think?
> >
>
> The thing is, according to this Microsoft page here:
>
>
>
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-drsr/302391a9-f6e1-4c0c-a1b2-5604a42e982b
>
> the 'repsTo' attribute is optional and, as far as I can find, is
used to
> replicate to another DC in the same site, so if you don't have another
> DC in the same site, it should be empty (aka not there).
>
> There are, as far as I can see, two types of replication, intersite and
> intrasite, the first just replicates to DCs in the same site and the
> other can replicate to any DC, no matter what site they are in.
>
> However, I am nowhere near being expert on this, so if you feel that
> Samba isn't doing what Windows does, then please feel free to open a
> bug report on the subject.
>
> Rowland
>
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