Implementing Samba 4

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 3
Credits......Page 4
Foreword......Page 6
About the Author......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 9
About the Reviewers......Page 10
www.PacktPub.com......Page 12
Preface......Page 18
Chapter 1: Installing the Samba 4 Server......Page 24
Installing Debian 7.0 (Wheezy)......Page 25
Installing and configuring Samba 4 Server's dependencies......Page 26
Installing Samba 4 Server step-by-step......Page 32
Basic validations of the Samba's installation......Page 33
Summary......Page 34
Chapter 2 Provisioning Samba 4 as AD Domain Controller......Page 36
Highlighting the planning points for 
an AD service......Page 37
Acquiring information for deploying 
an AD service......Page 41
Availability, performance, and replication for the network service......Page 42
Provisioning Samba 4 as AD Domain Controller......Page 43
Validating the Samba 4 configuration......Page 48
Summary......Page 65
Chapter 3: Managing the Samba Active Directory Server......Page 66
Understanding the possible roles of the Samba 4 Server on the network......Page 67
Implementing the AD authentication and authorization for GNU/Linux systems......Page 68
Configuring the PAM and NSS libraries......Page 71
Joining the Debian 7 GNU/Linux into our Active Directory Domain......Page 76
Starting with basic concepts for Group Policies on Samba 4......Page 83
Allowing a user to create Group Policies......Page 90
Allowing a user to link Group Policies to OUs......Page 93
Creating a Group Policy......Page 96
Trust relationships and replication with Samba 4......Page 98
Summary......Page 104
Chapter 4: Replacing a Microsoft Windows Active Directory Server......Page 106
Key points to consider before replacing an AD DC......Page 107
Planning the replacement – tests and validations......Page 108
Exporting directory entries......Page 113
Comparing backup data against live data......Page 115
Replacing the Active Directory Domain Controller......Page 118
Replacement tests and validations......Page 138
Summary......Page 142
Chapter 5: Upgrading from Samba Server Version 3......Page 144
Distinguishing between Samba Versions 3 and 4......Page 145
Key points of consideration before the upgrade......Page 146
Establishing an upgrade plan......Page 147
Creating tests and validations before the upgrade......Page 150
Executing the Samba Server upgrade procedure......Page 159
Stopping and disabling Samba and winbind daemons......Page 161
Editing the Samba 4 configuration file......Page 163
Adding the profiles share to the configuration......Page 165
Deciding upgrade approach for member servers......Page 166
Upgrading tests and validations for the PDC......Page 170
Upgrading tests and validations for Member Servers......Page 176
Summary......Page 178
Introducing SMB/CIFS protocol versions and Samba 4......Page 180
Introducing the Samba 4 file and print server daemons......Page 181
Configuring a printer on the Samba 4 Server host using CUPS......Page 183
Sharing the printer on a Microsoft AD network using Samba......Page 186
Introducing Microsoft Windows Point and Print Samba Server configuration......Page 187
Sharing files using Samba 4......Page 193
Summary......Page 195
Chapter 7: Extending the Active Directory Schema Using Samba 4......Page 198
Planning an Active Directory schema extension......Page 199
Exporting the current Active Directory schema configuration......Page 202
Extending the Active Directory schema in practice......Page 204
Extending the Active Directory schema......Page 205
Testing and validating the Samba 4 Active Directory schema extension......Page 217
Summary......Page 225
Chapter 8: Implementing a Highly Available Distributed File Server......Page 226
Preparing the Debian GNU/Linux environment......Page 227
Configuring GlusterFS for high availability and scalability......Page 229
Integrating CTDB, GlusterFS, and the Samba 4 Server......Page 235
Executing tests and validations on the highly available file server......Page 243
Summary......Page 253
Chapter 9: The Samba 4 Python Scripting Interface......Page 254
Open source development and collaborative work......Page 255
Exploring and using the Python interface of the Samba 4 Server......Page 256
Introducing Samba 4 Python bindings......Page 258
Understanding the power of Python and the Samba 4 Server......Page 262
Summary......Page 273
Appendix : References......Page 274
Index......Page 278