Yes, I wondered about that.
Is there any advantage of using the newer samba-tool join vs the old-timer
method? [Or the other way 'round...]
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Rowland? :)
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> Even for the 4.15 series I found samba-tool to be less effective than `net
ads join`, so always just use that:
> ? ?# net ads join -U administrator
> On 2/22/22 08:44, Gregory Sloop via samba wrote:
>> Perhaps I should have been more clear/explicit.
? >>> The Wiki says that you should ONLY use "samba-tool" to
join a member server IF the samba version is >4.15.0.
(https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_a_Domain_Member#Joining_the_Domain)
? >>> Obviously in this case, we have mixed
versions.>> But the machine being joined is running a samba version >4.15.0.
? >>> Again, I'm like 95% sure this is fine, but asking now can
save many hours trying to recover whacked DCs, so here I am.
? >>> ? > >> I have three DC's - one running Louis's
packages (4.15.3 on Ubuntu 20.04) and two others on 18.04 running the distro
packages (4.7.6).
? >>>>> I'm joining a member file server running Louis'
packages 4.15.3 - and want to make sure that joining using samba-tool is
fine.>>> Recap: 2 or the 3 DC are running a mixture of 4.7.6 and 4.15.0+,
but the file server being joined as a member is running > 4.15.0.
? >>>>> I assume it's ok since the machine running samba-tool
is >4.15, but I also don't want to whack my AD back-end etc.
? >>>>> TIA>>> -Greg