User Documentation

• Introduction

• General Information

• Installation
  • Release planning
  • Features added/changed (by release)
  • Obtaining Samba
  • Installing Samba
    • Operating System Requirements
    • Build Samba from Source
    • Distribution specific package installation
    • Updating Samba

• The different server roles
  • Difference between a DC and PDC/BDC
  • Samba as an Active Directory Domain Controller
    • Set up a Samba Active Directory Domain Controller
      • Domain Name best practice
    • Join Samba as a DC to an existing Domain
    • Samba Classic Upgrade (NT4-style Domain to AD)
    • Using RFC2307 on a Samba DC
    • Demote a Samba DC
    • Samba as a DC for FreeIPA domain
    • Samba AD DNS backend
      • Why DNS is essential for a working AD
      • General information on the internal DNS and BIND DLZ module
      • Set up BIND as backend for Samba AD
      • Changing the DNS backend
      • DNS Administration
    • Replication
      • SysVol Replication
      • DRS
      • FRS/DFS/DFS-R
    • Back up a Samba DC
    • Flexible Single-Master Operations (FSMO) roles
  • Samba as a NT4-style Primary Domain Controller
    • Set up Samba as a PDC
    • Registry changes for Windows clients in a Samba NT4-style domain
  • Samba as Domain Member Server
    • Set up a Samba AD Member Server
    • Set up a Member Server in a NT4 Domain
    • Back up a Member Server
  • Samba as a Standalone Server
    • Set up a Samba Standalone Server
    • Back up a Standalone Server
  • Clustered Samba
    • Understanding Samba Clustering
    • The CTDB Project
    • CTDB Setup Information
    • CTDB GPFS
    • CTDB GFS

• Common administration tasks in a Samba AD
  • Samba as a File Server
    • Understanding the difference between POSIX and Windows ACL permissions
    • Basic share configuration with Windows ACLs
      • Configuring Windows ACLs on files and folders
      • Configuring ACLs on shares
    • Setup and configure file shares with POSIX ACLs
      • Configuring POSIX ACLs on files and folders
      • Configuring ACLs on shares
    • Improving performance with server-side copy
  • Set up user homes
  • Configuring roaming profiles
  • Samba as a Print Server
    • Setting up a Samba Print Server
      • Using Samba with CUPS backend
      • Using CUPS driver on server side, and Postscript driver (Universal PS driver) on client side
      • Using CUPS in passthrough mode, where the RIP image is generated on client side (will work if the printer does not have a linux driver)
    • Configuring Point'n'Click Automatic Printer Driver Deployment
    • Set up a virtual PDF Printer
  • Making Domain users available locally on the server
    • Winbind & pam_winbind
      • TDB backend
      • TDB2 backend
      • RID backend
      • RFC2307 backend (pulling user/group information from AD)
      • pam_winbind
    • nslcd & pam_ldap
    • sssd & pam_sss
  • Configuring DNS on client computers
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac OSX
    • Other Unixes
    • Testing DNS Name Resolution
  • Joining client machines to the domain
    • Windows
    • Linux/Unix
    • Mac OSX
    • FreeDOS
  • User and Group management
    • Using Windows RSAT
    • Using samba-tool
  • Installing RSAT on Windows for AD Management
  • Restoring deleted AD objects
  • Raising the function levels
  • Change IP address of the DC
  • Samba AD Schema Extensions
  • Configuring LDAP over SSL on a DC
  • Time Synchronisation
  • Delegating administrative jobs to non-admin-accounts
  • Client specific logging
  • Authenticating other services against AD
  • Samba Smart Card Login
  • Single Sign-On VPN

• Enhancing Samba with VFS modules

• General information
  • Samba port usage
  • Understanding oplocks
  • Tuning performance
  • Reloading server configuration

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

• Complete Guides

• Background information
  • Samba Database files
    • LDB
    • TDB
    • TDB Locations

• Known Issues
  • incompatibility with realmd

• Troubleshooting
  • Getting help
    • Samba Mailing List
    • Commercial Support

• Contributing
  • Bug reporting
  • Samba documentation team
  • How To Write Samba Documentation
  • Roadmap

• Terms and Abbreviations