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For many months I've been trying to replace a Samba 3.0 Domain Controller with a version that will support Windows 7. Despite advice on Samba HOWTO that all supported versions will support Windows 7 there seems to be an unstated caveat, namely that it must be configured as an Active Directory Domain Controller. Microsoft's own advice is that Windows 7 will not work with a Windows NT

...ust fine. Linux containers seem stable and mature. I think there are others running samba in this fashion. Learning how to manage the linux container system is worth it in order to be able to run samba as 'recommended' by the samba team. On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 7:50 AM, Frank Thynne <fthynne at elmplace.co.uk> wrote: > For many months I've been trying to replace a Samba 3.0 Domain Controller > with a version that will support Windows 7. > > Despite advice on Samba HOWTO that all supported versions will support > Windows 7 there seems to be an unstated caveat, nam...

I'm upgrading Samba from V3.0.6b to 3.6.3 on a new server. The original configuration, installed in 2006, is Samba V3.0.6b PDC on SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 replacing a Windows NT Server. The intended configuration is Samba V3.6.3 PDC on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS running on new hardware, replacing the 2006 configuration. The upgrade is needed to support new Windows 7 workstations. There are