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Samba in its current state doesn't support SysVol replication via DFS-R (Distributed File System Replication). Neither it supports the older FRS (File Replication Service) used in Windows Server 2000/2003 for Sysvol replication.
Samba in its current state doesn't support SysVol replication via DFS-R (Distributed File System Replication) or the older FRS (File Replication Service) used in Windows Server 2000/2003 for Sysvol replication.


Currently we advice administrators to use one of the following, easy to setup workaround:
We Currently advise administrators to use one of the following workarounds:


* [[Rsync based SysVol replication workaround|Rsync based SysVol replication workaround]] (Samba DCs only): Quick setup, easy to configure.
* [[Rsync based SysVol replication workaround|Rsync based SysVol replication workaround]] (Samba DCs only): Quick setup, easy to configure.
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* [[Bidirectional Rsync/osync based SysVol replication workaround|Bidirectional Rsync/osync based SysVol replication workaround]] (Samba DCs only): More complex, requires third party script, each DC requires a cron job against each other DC
* [[Bidirectional Rsync/osync based SysVol replication workaround|Bidirectional Rsync/osync based SysVol replication workaround]] (Samba DCs only): More complex, requires third party script, each DC requires a cron job against each other DC
* [[Robocopy_based_SysVol_replication_workaround|Robocopy based SysVol replication workaround]] (Samba DCs -> Windows DCs): Quick set, easy to configure, uses MS robocopy
* [[Robocopy_based_SysVol_replication_workaround|Robocopy based SysVol replication workaround]] (Samba DCs -> Windows DCs): Quick set, easy to configure, uses MS robocopy


{{Imbox
| type = warning
| text = You need to sync <code>idmap.ldb</code> from the DC holding the PDC_Emulator FSMO role to all other DCS. This ensures that all DCs will use the same IDs. If you do not sync <code>idmap.ldb</code>, you can and will get different IDs on each DC.
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Revision as of 11:22, 9 March 2022

Samba in its current state doesn't support SysVol replication via DFS-R (Distributed File System Replication) or the older FRS (File Replication Service) used in Windows Server 2000/2003 for Sysvol replication.

We Currently advise administrators to use one of the following workarounds: