[aklug] Re: samba authentications

there is no mention of it on their home page (www.samba.org)

Latest mention of it that I found was from http://news.samba.org/releases/ on
5 June 2008

> Samba 4.0.0alpha4 Available for Download

Note the 'alpha'.

From the same:

> Samba 4 is currently not yet in a state where it is usable
> in production environments.

http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO last mod date is 14 January 2009, so
somebody's doing something with it, but once again I come back to 'alpha' and the
production environments quote. If it was just me, these would be no big. But then
again if it was just me, there wouldn't be this need in the first place 8).

Alas.

---------- Original Message -----------
From: Damien Hull <damien@linuxninjas.tv>
To: Shane Spencer <shane@bogomip.com>
Cc: aklug@aklug.org, Lee <lee@afabco.org>
Sent: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:02:15 -0800 (AKDT)
Subject: Re: [aklug] Re: samba authentications

> Is SAMBA 4 out?
>
> I can tell you from previous experience with samba 3 that small installations
> are not bad. Large installations would be a real pain in the you know what.
> Managing users from LDAP is the way to go. Assuming one can configure LDAP.
>
> SAMBA 4 was supposed to have LDAP as part of the install. I would like to see
> it in action.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shane Spencer" <shane@bogomip.com>
> To: "Lee" <lee@afabco.org>
> Cc: aklug@aklug.org
> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 9:10:42 AM GMT -09:00 Alaska
> Subject: [aklug] Re: samba authentications
>
> Samba 4 is a powerful answer to your question.. I don't have any
> direct experience, however hanging out in the IRC channels from time
> to time you tend to see the phrase "ADS eh?, you wan't Samba4..."
> quite a bit.
>
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:09 AM, Lee <lee@afabco.org> wrote:
> > For file and print services, yes, but as a centralized authentication sol=
> ution for XP
> > clients into linux servers to fulfill that role in place of ADS? =A0Are t=
> here some
> > pointers somewhere? =A0That'd be cool...
> >
> >> SAMBA has proven effective in major installations for
> >> years.....
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