Samba

Current status

Current Version: 4.0.5 Download Release Notes

• Release planning for Samba 4.0.x
• Open Bug Reports on Samba 4.0

The official press release of Samba 4 can be found on the Samba website.

Full Active Directory support has been incorporated into the Samba suite with Samba 4.x.x. With Samba 4, you can join a Windows (all recent releases should be supported) machine to a Samba Active Directory domain, and it will behave much as it does in AD, including Kerberos domain logins where applicable. Samba 4 is now at a point where it can begin replacing existing production deployments, and users are encouraged to try out Samba 4 in a test environment before implementing it in a work environment!

Except for a small number of deprecated features, Samba continues to provide all the features and functionality found in Samba 3.6, and as such is an excellent file server and domain member as well.

General documentation on Samba

• Building Samba 4.0 (Which build system to use and why)

• CTDB Project

• Samba 4 FAQ

Samba as a Active Directory Domain Controller

Here you can find everything to setup a Samba Active Directory Domain Controller and all that is related to this topic.

• Samba Active Directory HOWTO: Contains everything for setting up a basic Samba Active Directory Controller

• Migrating a Samba 3 PDC to a Samba Active Directory Domain Controller: If you are running a Samba 3 NT4-style environment and want to move to Active Directory, this is the documentation that contains all the necessary information

• Backup and Recovery

• Samba AD management from windows

• Delegating administrative jobs to non-admin-accounts

• Joining Samba as additinal DC to the AD

• Joining a Windows Domain Controller as an Additional DC in a Domain

• Configuring a windows client for AD

• Internal DNS and Bind DLZ module

• Beyond Samba: Connecting other Services/Daemons to your Samba Active Directory (e. g. authentication, etc.)

• Samba Active Directory Schema Extensions

• Samba Smart Card Login HowTo

• Creating a Single Sign On VPN with Samba AD

• Samba 4 Demonstration Videos

Samba as a Domain Member Server

• Samba Member Server setup in an Active Directory environment: This HOWTO is based on Samba 4 (Recommended)

• Samba and Active Directory: Samba 3 and AD

Miscellaneous Configuration topics

Here you'll find all configuration/setup topics that can't be associated directly to an ADC or member server

• Setup a basic File Share

• Setup a printer share

Developing Samba

• GitWeb

• v4-0-test (branch for next 4.0.x release)

• v4-0-stable (branch for current 4.0.x release)

• master (current Samba development for future releases)

For more info on available branches, as well how to obtain the sources via a Git client, see the samba.org devel page.

• Writing Torture Tests

• Using waf to Build Samba

• Building Debian Packages of Samba 4

Historical Documentation on the Development of Samba4

• Samba4 DRS ToDo List

• Samba 4 Status

• Franky: A Hybrid Samba Active Directory Controller (outdated!)

• An Explanation of the s3fs Architecture for Using smbd in the AD Server

• Development Resources

• Test Status

• Gtk+ Frontends

• Active Directory Plans

• Domain Member plans

• LDAP Directory Server Backend History Notes

• Samba 4 AD Plugfest 2010 TODO List

• Development Releases of Samba4 (technology previews, alphas, betas, release candidates)