Configure Samba for multiple AD Domain Controllers

forbin · 03-02-2011, 12:33 PM

How do I configure samba such that AD authentication still works when a DC is down?

Do I need multiple kdc, admin_server, and kpasswd_server entries in krb5.conf?

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Eric Robinson

fcintron · 03-03-2011, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by forbin

How do I configure samba such that AD authentication still works when a DC is down?

Do I need multiple kdc, admin_server, and kpasswd_server entries in krb5.conf?

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Eric Robinson

Samba can only be an Active Directory member but not a Domain Controller:

http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/...html#id2564237

Regards

forbin · 03-04-2011, 12:10 AM

Sorry, I guess my question was not clear. I have three Windows 2003 AD domain controllers and a bunch of Linux samba/winbind member servers. The Linux servers are configured to point to one of the Windows DCs for authentication. How to I configure samba to point to more than one Windows DC so that authentication still works if one Windows DC is down?

fcintron · 03-07-2011, 10:43 AM

I guess If realm paremeter is your domain name, why don´t you try writing a list of servers for your password parameter.

http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/...PASSWORDSERVER

Regards