CentOS - Nov 2019 - Need help modding src.rpms to generate complete SAMBA AD DC binary RPMs for CentOS 8

When RHEL8 and CentOS8 were released, I was looking forward to setting
up SAMBA as a AD DC server for CentOS8. But when I lifed the hood on
the samba.spec file I found the option to build the samba-dc binary rpm
has been disabled for rhel family builds.

Apparently Red Hat does not want to support a unified SAMBA AD DC
environment. I believe we have all of the componentns needed to set up
a fully up-to-date samba-dc binary. But it's been decades since I last
rolled up my sleeves with my hardbound copy of "Maximum RPM" and built
custom binary rpms.

Has anyone already done this as a COPR or similar project? Failing
that, I'm willing to work with anyone with more up-to-date rpmbuild
tools to create and document the process.

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL

On Sat, 9 Nov 2019, Robert G (Doc) Savage via CentOS wrote:
> When RHEL8 and CentOS8 were released, I was looking forward to setting
> up SAMBA as a AD DC server for CentOS8. But when I lifed the hood on
> the samba.spec file I found the option to build the samba-dc binary rpm
> has been disabled for rhel family builds.
>
> Apparently Red Hat does not want to support a unified SAMBA AD DC
> environment. I believe we have all of the componentns needed to set up
> a fully up-to-date samba-dc binary. But it's been decades since I last
> rolled up my sleeves with my hardbound copy of "Maximum RPM" and
built
> custom binary rpms.
>
> Has anyone already done this as a COPR or similar project? Failing
> that, I'm willing to work with anyone with more up-to-date rpmbuild
> tools to create and document the process.
You might want to take a look at https://github.com/nkadel/samba4repo

In addition, you might want to join the samba list over at samba.org.

There are a few other doing rpms for centos also. I do not use them
but maybe it will help.

Regards,

-- 
Tom			me at tdiehl.org

On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 at 01:13, Robert G (Doc) Savage via CentOS
<centos at centos.org> wrote:
>
> When RHEL8 and CentOS8 were released, I was looking forward to setting
> up SAMBA as a AD DC server for CentOS8. But when I lifed the hood on
> the samba.spec file I found the option to build the samba-dc binary rpm
> has been disabled for rhel family builds.
>
> Apparently Red Hat does not want to support a unified SAMBA AD DC
> environment. I believe we have all of the componentns needed to set up
> a fully up-to-date samba-dc binary. But it's been decades since I last
> rolled up my sleeves with my hardbound copy of "Maximum RPM" and
built
> custom binary rpms.
>
You need Heimdal which neither CentOS or RHEL ship but as others have
said, (and other threads in lists have been going on) Nico Kadell has
a set of RPMS with everything you need
https://github.com/nkadel/samba4repo
> Has anyone already done this as a COPR or similar project? Failing
> that, I'm willing to work with anyone with more up-to-date rpmbuild
> tools to create and document the process.
>
> --Doc Savage
>   Fairview Heights, IL
>
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