samba - Aug 2021 - DC controller and DNS

??? Ok the Slackware Samba is going to be killed.
 ?? I was able to take the extra drive out of the first controller. It 
is a brand
new drive. So now I can install Debian-10 to it.
 ??? I am not very familiar with Debian. Can you explain to me how to point
Debian to "Louis's repo"? I know how to work/change/add to the
repositories
I just need to know the URL.
 ??? The controller is not in a very good state. It is working but I am 
not sure it
will accept doing as you say, as the second controller cannot connect to it.
Probably anything new will be the same.? So connecting a new controller is
not going to work.
 ??? Since I have only one user, I will just start from scratch and kill 
the Slackware
controller when I am ready to startup the Debian one. IE I don't run the 2
controllers at the same time.
 ??? I am installing Debian at the moment.
And yes I know, I can just modify the nameserver. Not an issue.

On 8/4/21 10:33, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> On Wed, 2021-08-04 at 08:48 -0400, ve2cii--- via samba wrote:
>>      Ok...............
>> This is not good news. BUT:
>>
>>       I can:
>>
>> 1)   convert the packages that you indicated and install them. I have
>> no
>> idea if this will work.
> It may, or may not, work. Whichever, it will be a very lot of work. As
> you already have a Samba AD DC, I would create a new Debian Computer,
> using Louis's repo and join it as a DC to the domain. Then transfer the
> FSMO roles to the new DC and demote the original DC.
>
>> 2)  deep six the Slackware and setup a Debian machine. I have no
>> idea
>> how this will affect
>> the user that is connected to the controller at the moment. The
>> Debian
>> DC will have a different
>> IP than the Slackware.
> This shouldn't be a problem, just change the clients nameserver to
> point to the new DC.
>
>>       I am not sure if I should spend any time with choice number one
>> as
>> I don't know what will
>> happen.
>>
> Probably a lot of work that will get you nowhere.
>
> Rowland
>
>
>

On Wed, 2021-08-04 at 10:56 -0400, ve2cii--- via samba
wrote:
>      Ok the Slackware Samba is going to be killed.
>     I was able to take the extra drive out of the first controller.
> It 
> is a brand
> new drive. So now I can install Debian-10 to it.
>      I am not very familiar with Debian. Can you explain to me how to
> point
> Debian to "Louis's repo"  I know how to work/change/add to
the
> repositories
> I just need to know the URL.
Fairly easy, his webpage is here: https://apt.van-belle.nl/

There is a link to the instructions: 
https://apt.van-belle.nl/simple-repo-setup.txt
>      The controller is not in a very good state. It is working but I
> am 
> not sure it
> will accept doing as you say, as the second controller cannot connect
> to it.
> Probably anything new will be the same.  So connecting a new
> controller is
> not going to work.
>      Since I have only one user, I will just start from scratch and
> kill 
> the Slackware
> controller when I am ready to startup the Debian one. IE I don't run
> the 2
> controllers at the same time.
>      I am installing Debian at the moment.
> And yes I know, I can just modify the nameserver. Not an issue.
> 
Some might say AD for one user is overkill, but hey, you will certainly
have room for growth. :-)

Rowland