Re: Which guide is better for setting up and configuring Samba 4.23.5 as a Windows Server 2022 Active Directory Domain Controller?

On Thursday, 26 February 2026 at 11:39 PM, Luis Peromarta via samba <[email protected]> wrote:

> Also you shouldn’t use rfc2307 while provisioning. Learn why.
> 
> http://samba.bigbird.es/doku.php?id=samba:no-need-for-use-rfc2307

I have no idea what is RFC2307 though.

Regards,

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
Extremely Democratic People's Republic of Singapore



> On 26 Feb 2026 at 15:01 +0000, Rowland Penny via samba <[email protected]>, wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:49:14 +0000
> > Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via samba <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Subject: Which guide is better for setting up and configuring Samba
> > > 4.23.5 as a Windows Server 2022 Active Directory Domain Controller?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Now that I have had a bit more time to look into the linked tutorials,
> > the one at:
> >
> > https://meetcyber.net/full-guide-deploying-samba-active-directory-on-fedora-and-rocky-with-hybrid-dns-and-gpo-support-30f47fab1e90
> >
> > made me stop and think.
> >
> > It goes into running Bind9 and the Samba internal dns server on the DC.
> >
> > The provision command is this:
> >
> > sudo samba-tool domain provision \
> > --use-rfc2307 \
> > --realm=FEDORA.LAN \
> > --domain=FEDORA \
> > --server-role=dc \
> > --dns-backend=SAMBA_INTERNAL \
> > --adminpass='Copa@@2026'
> >
> > Then further down the page it tells you to add this line (among others) to the DCs smb.conf file:
> >
> > server services = rpc, nbt, wrepl, ldap, cldap, kdc, drepl, winbindd, ntp_signd, kcc, dnsupdate
> >
> > Can any one else see the inconstancy between the two ?
> >
> > There a few other things that stop me recommending this tutorial.
> >
> > Rowland
> >
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