On 20/05/2023 14:26, Andrea Venturoli via samba wrote:> On 5/20/23 12:47, Rowland Penny via samba wrote: > >>> Is it possibile to migrate this domain to a Samba DC, then join the >>> new server as a member? >> >> Yes, that should be possible. > > Thanks. > > > >>> Will Samba 4.16 do? >> >> As always, a later version would be better, but 4.16.x should suffice. > > That's what we have on FreeBSD now.You never mentioned Freebsd before, I take it all back, I do not know if it will work, Samba as a DC on Freebsd is just too flaky (from what I have observed) to trust. Sorry Rowland
On 5/20/23 15:33, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:> You never mentioned Freebsd before, I take it all back, I do not know if > it will work, Samba as a DC on Freebsd is just too flaky (from what I > have observed) to trust.I've got 10 FreeBSD DCs running without any problem. Perhaps you are talking about some advanced feature I don't use? Auth works. Scripts do. I rarely used policies, but IIRC they worked too. 2 DCs in the same network work. What problems are you referring to? bye & Thanks av. P.S. As much as I'd like to avoid it, a Linux VM would be possible in case of troubles.