Chapter 3. Managing the Samba Active Directory Server

In this chapter, we will present the different possible roles for the Samba 4 Server in the network, and learn how to manage it in the Active Directory Domain Controller role using a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 machine. In this chapter, we will cover the following points:

  • The tools that are needed to manage the Samba 4 Server, the process to install them, and some basics about how to implement centralized change and configuration management for users and machines using Group Policy Objects (GPO). We will also learn how to create a custom management console to have every management tool quickly accessible and organized.
  • Implementing authentication and authorization working on Samba 4 for GNU/Linux ...

Get Implementing Samba 4 now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.