samba - Jul 2016 - Why is Samba4 not recommended as a file server?

On 28/07/16 16:14, Data Control Systems - Mike Elkevizth
wrote:
> Just to throw in my two cents, I too would love to see winbind on a DC 
> "act" the same as it does on a non-DC.  I use my DCs as file
servers,
> but have had to use a number of workarounds because of how winbind 
> acts differently on a DC. I've not only had trouble with the 
> idmappings, but the fact that it doesn't honor all of the rfc2307 
> attributes.  For instance, I have a couple of users that use a file 
> synchronization script to keep files between the server and their 
> laptops in sync.  This script requires them to logon to the file 
> server (which is also a DC).  Because winbind on the DC doesn't honor 
> my rfc2307 shell settings, I have to revert to using the "template 
> shell =" setting in smb.conf which means now that all of my users can 
> logon to the DC even if I don't want them to all have access to that.  
> I really don't understand why they don't act the same.?
>
>
There is a bug report about this: 
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10886

Rowland

Hi Rowland,

Do you think it would help if more people commented on the bug?  It hasn't
had any activity for over a year now.  That's not very encouraging...

Mike E.


On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Rowland penny <rpenny at samba.org>
wrote:
> On 28/07/16 16:14, Data Control Systems - Mike Elkevizth wrote:
>
>> Just to throw in my two cents, I too would love to see winbind on a DC
>> "act" the same as it does on a non-DC.  I use my DCs as file
servers, but
>> have had to use a number of workarounds because of how winbind acts
>> differently on a DC. I've not only had trouble with the idmappings,
but the
>> fact that it doesn't honor all of the rfc2307 attributes.  For
instance, I
>> have a couple of users that use a file synchronization script to keep
files
>> between the server and their laptops in sync.  This script requires
them to
>> logon to the file server (which is also a DC).  Because winbind on the
DC
>> doesn't honor my rfc2307 shell settings, I have to revert to using
the
>> "template shell =" setting in smb.conf which means now that
all of my users
>> can logon to the DC even if I don't want them to all have access to
that.
>> I really don't understand why they don't act the same.?
>>
>>
>>
> There is a bug report about this:
> https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10886
>
> Rowland
>
>
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On 28/07/16 16:37, Data Control Systems - Mike Elkevizth
wrote:
> Hi Rowland,
>
> Do you think it would help if more people commented on the bug?  It 
> hasn't had any activity for over a year now.  That's not very 
> encouraging...
>
It wouldn't hurt, I am not sure that the rest of the Samba devs 
understand just how much this needs to be fixed.

Rowland