Samba

Current Status

Current Version: 4.0.0 Download Release Notes

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

In short, you can join a Windows (all recent releases should be supported) machine to a Samba Active Directory, 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!

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

• Permissions, SELinux Labeling and Policy

• Setting up a File Share

• Samba Print Server

• Joining Windows Clients to the Samba Active Directory Domain

• Samba Remote Administration Using the Typical Windows Tools

• Samba User Management/Administration

• Roaming Profiles with Samba

• Working with Organization Units

• Using Group Policies with a Samba AD DC

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

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

• Samba Active Directory Schema Extensions

• Creating a Single Sign On VPN with Samba AD

Samba as a Domain Member Server

• Joining Active Directory as a Domain Member Server

General Documentation on Samba

• Release planing for Samba 4.0

• Samba 4 Demonstration Videos

• Samba 4 FAQ

• CTDB Project

• Open Bug Reports on Samba 4.0

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• Franky: A Hybrid Samba Active Directory Controller (outdated!)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

• Building Samba 4.0

• 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)