Can functional level 2016 be used in production ?
Klaas TJEBBES via samba <[email protected]> Thu, 21 May 2026 17:32:49 +0200
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Hello. This wiki page https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_an_Active_Directory_Domain_Controller states : """ Starting with Samba version 4.19, Samba supports setting a higher functional level. This is still a work in progress so it should not be used in a production environment. For more information, see the Samba 4.19.0 release notes. """ But the current version of Samba is "4.24.2". So my question is : can Samba functional level 2016 be used in production today with more recent versions than 4.19.0 ? If "yes", since which version has it become stable ? On a test server, I've tried this : in "smb.conf" "[global]" section, add : "ad dc functional level = 2016"  Then run : systemctl restart samba-ad-dc samba-tool domain schemaupgrade --schema=2019 samba-tool domain functionalprep --function-level=2016 samba-tool domain level raise --domain-level=2016 --forest-level=2016  Thank you, Klaas -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba