> I have a hack project on http://sourceforge.net/projects/samba4all/
>
> It uses the sernet binaries with a few distro's and also has a webmin
module for samba4 very hack as never done anything in perl before in fact I gave
up dev 16 years ago.
>
> In /etc/default there is the sernet-samba.conf or what ever it is from
memory.
>
> You need to set either "none" "ad" or
"classic" there
>
> As said its either AD or samba4 being an old samba3 server choice is yours.
>
> I have some rough documentation on the above url.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original message-----
> > From:Steve Campbell <campbell at cnpapers.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday 10th June 2014 15:06
> > To: samba at lists.samba.org
> > Subject: Re: [Samba] Sernet question
> >
> >
> > On 6/10/2014 9:35 AM, Michael Adam wrote:
> > > Hi Steve,
> > >
> > > On 2014-06-10 at 09:17 -0400, Steve Campbell wrote:
> > >> Sernet has two samba rpms, samba and samba-ad. Can someone
explain
> > >> when I'd use these packages.
> > > That question would most naturally be placed
> > > at SerNet... ;-)
> > >
> > > The samba-ad package is the package that contains
> > > those components that are needed in addition to the
> > > "classical" components (smbd/nmbd/winbindd/...) when
> > > you want to run the AD Domain controller setup, i.e.
> > > basically the "samba" daemon and related libs and
tools.
> > > You always need "samba" in addition.
> > >
> > > Example:
> > > - when you run a domain member or standalone file server
> > > you do _not_ need the samba-ad package, but the samba
> > > package.
> > > - When you run an NT4-style domain controller, you
> > > also need samba but not samba-ad.
> > > - When you run an AD/DC you need samba and samba-ad.
> > >
> > > Package dependencies should also help you:
> > > install samba-ad and required packages will be pulled in
> > > automatically.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
> > >> For instance, I'd guess I'd use the "-ad"
for ADDC servers. Which
> > >> would I use for members? I'm guessing a simple file share
server
> > >> would use the vanilla rpm.
> > >>
> > >> Once I get these installed, can I assume I follow the wiki as
if I'd
> > >> installed from source?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for any clues.
> > >>
> > >> steve campbell
> > >>
> > >>
> > Thanks,
> >
> > It was fairly obvious, but thought I'd check. I wasn't aware
of any
> > lists at Sernet, either, and documentation on their packages was
light.
> >
> > steve
> >
> >
