[Samba] Joining Samba4 Member to Samba3 Domain

[Jefferson Davis]

Before I start beating my head against the wall, is there a howto someplace
for joining a Samba4 member or BDC to a samba3 domain? Am I going about
this all wrong?

I most likely will update the PDC to samba 4 next summer due to the amount
of automation we have to modify that leverages OpenLDAP. The LDAP server
that comes with Samba4 seems kinda limited by comparison.

In the meantime, cannot seem to get Samba4 to join the NT4 domain.

The wiki article on this subject is empty, currently.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Version 4.3.9-Ubuntu

smb.conf:

global]
workgroup = STANDARD
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
security = DOMAIN
map to guest = Bad User
obey pam restrictions = Yes
pam password change = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:*
%n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
unix password sync = Yes
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
dns proxy = No
wins server = 10.100.0.2
usershare allow guests = Yes
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
idmap config * : backend = tdb
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[Dale Schroeder]

Post by Jefferson Davis
Before I start beating my head against the wall, is there a howto someplace
for joining a Samba4 member or BDC to a samba3 domain? Am I going about
this all wrong?
I most likely will update the PDC to samba 4 next summer due to the amount
of automation we have to modify that leverages OpenLDAP. The LDAP server
that comes with Samba4 seems kinda limited by comparison.
In the meantime, cannot seem to get Samba4 to join the NT4 domain.
The wiki article on this subject is empty, currently.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Version 4.3.9-Ubuntu
global]
workgroup = STANDARD
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
security = DOMAIN
map to guest = Bad User
obey pam restrictions = Yes
pam password change = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:*
%n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
unix password sync = Yes
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
dns proxy = No
wins server = 10.100.0.2
usershare allow guests = Yes
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
idmap config * : backend = tdb

Jefferson,

See if you can find the error in the logs of the member. If you see
"NT_STATUS_NO_LOGON_SERVERS", then the answer is probably the fact that
you are using 4.3.x. Since moving to that version, then 4.4 of Samba,
the members will no longer serve shares or respond to testjoin queries
or anything else that requires communication with the controller. If
you can find a 4.1 or 4.2 that installs in your OS, you may be able to
get it to work. Beyond that, I don't have any suggestions because I'm
still searching for solutions myself. I'm fairly certain that NT4 bug
fixes are not high priority now that AD functionality is the primary focus.

Good luck.

Dale