Clement Martin
2022-Jan-14 22:01 UTC
[Samba] Samba on CentOS 8 with sssd and AD users/groups and local users/groups
On 1/14/22 3:30 PM, Clement Martin wrote:> On 1/14/22 3:06 PM, Peter Milesson via samba wrote: >> >> >> On 14.01.2022 19:27, Rowland Penny via samba wrote: >>> On Thu, 2022-01-13 at 14:06 -0500, Luc Lalonde via samba wrote: >>>> I've tried, but came to the conclusion that Debian is evil... and I >>>> won't go to the dark side ;-) >>>> >>>> Seriously, I prefer the way Redhat and derivatives (Fedora, Centos, >>>> etc) >>>> are organized.?? Really, I could never get used to 'apt-whatever'. >>>> I >>>> also really like 'Kickstart' for auto-documenting setups. >>>> >>>> Hardware manufacturers will also offload support if you're not using >>>> an >>>> enterprise distro like RHEL or SUse.?? I've had too man bad >>>> experiences >>>> with this. >>> I decided to set up Samba on a version of RHEL 8 and used almalinux. I >>> had more problem getting the GUI login to work than getting Samba and >>> winbind to work. There is only one problem, red-hat has removed pam- >>> krb5, so no kerberos unless I can find a repo somewhere. I ask, what >>> distro removes such a vital package without providing a replacement >>> (and yes, I know it is now built into sssd, which is not much help if >>> you are not using sssd). >>> >>> Rowland >> Hi folks, >> >> I must chime in here as a long term user of CentOS (CentOS 7) in a >> commercial environment. I have found CentOS fairly quirky to work >> with. At the moment I have got a bunch of servers with CentOS 7 for >> different purposes. I don't deny it's stable, but much of it is >> ancient, even before CentOS 8 was published. On several occasions I >> have had problems compiling? and/or installing software or drivers >> due to the environment being extremely conservative. Also, CentOS >> tends to deviate too much from Linux mainstream development with the >> advent of RHEL8, creating a RedHat island, where you many times need >> professional (and expensive) advice to overcome quirks. I don't deny >> there are pros and cons with every distro, but the RedHat world is >> just not going in a direction that I'm prepared to buy into. >> >> The last 2 years I'm subsequently replacing CentOS with Debian, and >> I'm very pleased with the stability, compatibility and ease of use of >> Debian. IMHO, Debian is a golden middle path, using stable, well >> tested components. I have migrated our Samba AD environment, >> including Windows workstations and member servers during the last >> year, and I have no regrets. I'm using Louis's Samba repos (4.15.3 at >> the moment), and I'm very satisfied with the current state of things. >> >> I have been using different flavors of Linux since 1996, for many >> years mostly Slackware in non-GUI servers. However, development >> seemed to slow down and apparently cease altogether, and the distro >> became stale, excluding the use of many main stream components, or >> making use of them very cumbersome, most notably Python 3. One of the >> main reasons I migrated the Slackware servers to CentOS, was the need >> to migrate a very ancient Samba NT domain to something more >> efficient. From stability and security reasons, also due to the >> availability of HP supplied RAID controller drivers I chose CentOS 7 >> at that time. But that saga ends shortly. >> >> So my conclusion is to stay mainstream. Too much deviation hurts, >> sometimes very much so. >> >> I wish you all pleasant weekend and thanks to the Samba people for a >> great product and great support. >> >> Peter > > Hi, > > As a Debian user for the last four years, I can wholeheartedly agree > with your statement of stability, compatibility, and ease of use that > Debian offers. > > Regards, Clement