samba - Dec 2017 - OpenLDAP Backend with support for PDC & BDC

Hi Everyone, 

Current Setup ( Samba is being used as a PDC and BDC ) 


    * Samba 3.6.3 
    * OpenLDAP 2.4.28 

I need to migrate LDAP and Samba to LXD/LXC containers and I'm trying to
understand the limitations of Samba 4 as relates to my current setup.

Documentation seems to suggest that using an OpenLDAP backend whilst using Samba
as a PDC/BDC is unsupported and shall remain so for the near future. This leads
me to believe that if I want to use Samba 4 as a PDC/BDC with an LDAP backed, I
will have to use Samba's LDAP instead. Is this correct?


Best Regards, 

Lai Wei-Hwa 
IT Administrator 
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On Wed, 6 Dec 2017 11:34:56 -0500 (EST)
Lai Wei-Hwa via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> Hi Everyone, 
> 
> Current Setup ( Samba is being used as a PDC and BDC ) 
> 
> 
>     * Samba 3.6.3 
>     * OpenLDAP 2.4.28 
> 
> I need to migrate LDAP and Samba to LXD/LXC containers and I'm trying
> to understand the limitations of Samba 4 as relates to my current
> setup. 
> 
> Documentation seems to suggest that using an OpenLDAP backend whilst
> using Samba as a PDC/BDC is unsupported and shall remain so for the
> near future. This leads me to believe that if I want to use Samba 4
> as a PDC/BDC with an LDAP backed, I will have to use Samba's LDAP
> instead. Is this correct? 
> 
> 
Hmm, using Openldap with a PDC/BDC is still supported, but something
tells me that you mean using Openldap with two AD DCs.

If this is the case, then yes, you will have to use the internal Samba
ldap.

Please don't use the terms 'PDC' or 'BDC' when refering to a
Samba AD
DC, all DCs are equal, except for the FSMO roles and any DC can hold
any or all of these roles.

Rowland