[Samba] Forest/Domain Functional Level of Active Directory

[avinesh saini]

Hi,

I have setup the Active Directory DS on Windows 2012 R2 server. I am trying
to test samba (version 3.6.6) functionalities on this setup.
Forest and Domain both Functional Level in the setup is : Windows Server
2012 R2
The question I have is, "What dependencies or functionality constraints
samba have on the Forest/Domain Functional Level of Active Directory?"

Please let me know if query is not very clear. Thanks in advance.


Regards,
Avinesh

[jacek burghardt]

Samba 4 functions at level of server 2008 as domain controller. You can
join samba as a client to server 2012. I found it imposible to join samba 4
as secondary domain controller to server 2012

[Marc Muehlfeld]

Post by jacek burghardt
Samba 4 functions at level of server 2008 as domain controller.

Default forest and domain functional level is 2003 native during the
provisioning. Supported is 2000 up to including 2008 R2.

Post by jacek burghardt
I found it imposible to join samba 4 as secondary domain
controller to server 2012.

Right. Samba doesn't support all features of the 2012 (R2) schema yet.

If you need Windows DCs mixed together with Samba DCs in an AD forest,
the newest Windows DC can only be 2008 R2.

Windows 2012 and later as a member server is no problem. Simply join
them like a workstation.



Regards,
Marc

[avinesh saini]

Post by Marc Muehlfeld
Samba DCs

Hi,

Thank you for your responses.
In our setup samba version is 3.6. Can you please let me know if samba 3.6
supports domain/forest functional levels or if there is any impact, when
samba acts as Domain Controller.


Regards,
Avinesh

[Rowland Penny]

Post by avinesh saini

Post by Marc Muehlfeld
Samba DCs

Hi,
Thank you for your responses.
In our setup samba version is 3.6. Can you please let me know if samba 3.6
supports domain/forest functional levels or if there is any impact, when
samba acts as Domain Controller.
Regards,
Avinesh

Hi, I am not sure just what you are asking, you initially referred to
samba 3.6 which cannot act as an AD DC, but now you refer to samba
acting as a DC.

What are you actually try to achieve ? a samba AD DC server, or an AD
client ?

Rowland

[Christopher Chan]

Post by avinesh saini

Post by Marc Muehlfeld
Samba DCs

Hi,
Thank you for your responses.
In our setup samba version is 3.6. Can you please let me know if samba 3.6
supports domain/forest functional levels or if there is any impact, when
samba acts as Domain Controller.

samba 3.6 can only act as a domain controller for NT networks. You need
to run samba 4.x to get W2k and above domain controller capabilities.

[avinesh saini]

Thanks.

Following is our understanding, Please confirm.

Samba 3.6 when configured as Domain Controller, works up to Windows NT
domain/forest functional level.


Regards,
Avinesh

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 6:02 AM, Christopher Chan <

Post by Christopher Chan

Post by Marc Muehlfeld
Samba DCs
Hi,
Thank you for your responses.
In our setup samba version is 3.6. Can you please let me know if samba 3.6
supports domain/forest functional levels or if there is any impact, when
samba acts as Domain Controller.
samba 3.6 can only act as a domain controller for NT networks. You need

to run samba 4.x to get W2k and above domain controller capabilities.
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[Marc Muehlfeld]

Post by avinesh saini
Following is our understanding, Please confirm.
Samba 3.6 when configured as Domain Controller, works up to Windows NT
domain/forest functional level.

Wrong. An NT4 domain had no functional levels. This is something out of
the AD world.


Samba 3.6 can only work as an NT4-style Primary Domain Controller (PDC)
and also as a Member Server in an AD and NT4-domain. But all of this
doesn't have anything to do with functional levels out of Samba 3.6 view.


Regards,
Marc

[Marc Muehlfeld]

Hello,

Post by avinesh saini
I have setup the Active Directory DS on Windows 2012 R2 server. I am trying
to test samba (version 3.6.6) functionalities on this setup.
Forest and Domain both Functional Level in the setup is : Windows Server
2012 R2
The question I have is, "What dependencies or functionality constraints
samba have on the Forest/Domain Functional Level of Active Directory?"
Please let me know if query is not very clear. Thanks in advance.

The AD functional levels are not relevant for member servers (neither
Samba nor Windows). Maybe if you run some special services like Exchange
or something on the member, that require some special features inside
the AD.


Regards,
Marc