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[Samba] Samba 4.2X as a member server in ActiveDirectory functional level 2016 domain

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Moby via samba

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Mar 19, 2017, 9:00:03 PM3/19/17
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Can Samba 4.2.X work as a member server in a Windows server 2016
activedirectory domain? I am using Samba member servers in Windows
2012R2 domain and would like to know if I can upgrade the domain to
functional level server 2016 without breaking Samba.

Thank you in advance for any help,

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Rowland Penny via samba

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Mar 20, 2017, 5:20:03 AM3/20/17
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On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 19:28:37 -0500
Moby via samba <sa...@lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Can Samba 4.2.X work as a member server in a Windows server 2016
> activedirectory domain? I am using Samba member servers in Windows
> 2012R2 domain and would like to know if I can upgrade the domain to
> functional level server 2016 without breaking Samba.
>
> Thank you in advance for any help,
>

It all depends on what you mean by 'member server', if you mean, can I
provision a member server like I can provision a DC, then no, you
cannot. The only thing you can provision is a DC.

If you mean, can I set up Samba as a domain member and use it as a
member server, then yes, you should be able to.

You cannot upgrade the functional level to 2016 yet.

Rowland

Moby via samba

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Mar 20, 2017, 12:30:04 PM3/20/17
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On 3/20/2017 04:13, Rowland Penny wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 19:28:37 -0500
> Moby via samba <sa...@lists.samba.org> wrote:
>
>> Can Samba 4.2.X work as a member server in a Windows server 2016
>> activedirectory domain? I am using Samba member servers in Windows
>> 2012R2 domain and would like to know if I can upgrade the domain to
>> functional level server 2016 without breaking Samba.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for any help,
>>
> It all depends on what you mean by 'member server', if you mean, can I
> provision a member server like I can provision a DC, then no, you
> cannot. The only thing you can provision is a DC.
>
> If you mean, can I set up Samba as a domain member and use it as a
> member server, then yes, you should be able to.
>
> You cannot upgrade the functional level to 2016 yet.
>
> Rowland
>
Thanks Rowland, sorry for the lack of clarity. I meant can I setup
Samba 4.2.X as a domain member server so that, for example, I can grant
file system access to activedirectory principals. From what you say, it
looks like this is possible. Are you we should not upgrade the domain
functional level to 2016 if we have Samba machines running as domain
member servers?

Regards,
--Moby

Rowland Penny via samba

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Mar 20, 2017, 12:40:03 PM3/20/17
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On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 11:18:24 -0500
Moby via samba <sa...@lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Thanks Rowland, sorry for the lack of clarity. I meant can I setup
> Samba 4.2.X as a domain member server so that, for example, I can
> grant file system access to activedirectory principals. From what
> you say, it looks like this is possible. Are you we should not
> upgrade the domain functional level to 2016 if we have Samba machines
> running as domain member servers?
>

You can upgrade the functional level on Windows DCs to what you require,
you just cannot do the same with Samba DCs, the maximum level at
present is 2008R2.

You should be able to use the Samba domain members with 2016, you
aren't actually altering AD (except for creating the computer account).

Rowland

edson via samba

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Mar 20, 2017, 12:50:03 PM3/20/17
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Hello.

Yes, it is possible.

2017-03-20 13:19 GMT-03:00 Moby <li...@mobsternet.com>:

> Thanks Edson, so the Samba member server will work fine even if we
> increase the activedirectory domain functional level to 2016?
>
> Regards,
> --Moby
>
>
> On 3/19/2017 21:10, edson wrote:
>
> There is no problem if the samba server is a member server. But if it is
> the domain controller's domain, the samba server only supports the level of
> 2012R2 functionality so far.
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> Edson Oliveira
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>
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Edson de Abreu Oliveira

Moby via samba

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Mar 20, 2017, 1:00:03 PM3/20/17
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On 3/20/2017 11:43, edson wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Yes, it is possible.
>
> 2017-03-20 13:19 GMT-03:00 Moby <li...@mobsternet.com
> <mailto:li...@mobsternet.com>>:
>
> Thanks Edson, so the Samba member server will work fine even if we
> increase the activedirectory domain functional level to 2016?
>
>
> Regards,
> --Moby
>
>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Att,
>>
>> Edson Oliveira
>
>
>
>
> --
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>
> Edson de Abreu Oliveira
Thanks Edson.

Regards,

Moby via samba

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Mar 20, 2017, 1:10:03 PM3/20/17
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On 3/20/2017 11:30, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 11:18:24 -0500
> Moby via samba <sa...@lists.samba.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Rowland, sorry for the lack of clarity. I meant can I setup
>> Samba 4.2.X as a domain member server so that, for example, I can
>> grant file system access to activedirectory principals. From what
>> you say, it looks like this is possible. Are you we should not
>> upgrade the domain functional level to 2016 if we have Samba machines
>> running as domain member servers?
>>
> You can upgrade the functional level on Windows DCs to what you require,
> you just cannot do the same with Samba DCs, the maximum level at
> present is 2008R2.
>
> You should be able to use the Samba domain members with 2016, you
> aren't actually altering AD (except for creating the computer account).
>
> Rowland
>
>
Thanks Rowland.

Regards,
--Moby
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