Basic validations of the Samba's installation

We need to have automated deployments, and that includes automated tests. It's really important to have proper tests for all of our deployments, because that is the guarantee that everything is the way we are used to and the way we expect it to be. I'm used to saying that in IT, everything needs to be an "Automated beast" and not a "Masterpiece". With that in mind, we do not stand in front of the servers to draw like Da Vinci (even if we could). However, we need to have everything automated (scripted), so it can be easily reproduced, and we can create, destroy, and recreate the whole environment without any effort.

The Samba 4 project helps us a lot with its built-in test suite, which is a great starting ...

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