Implementing Samba 4

Key Features Book DescriptionThis book is an implementation tutorial covering step-by-step procedures, examples, and sample code, and has a practical approach to set up a Samba 4 Server as an Active Directory Domain Controller and also set up different Samba 4 server roles. This book is ideal for system administrators who are new to the Samba 4 software, and who are looking to get a good grounding in how to use Samba 4 to implement Active Directory Services. It's assumed that you will have some experience with general system administration, Active Directory, and GNU/Linux systems. Readers are expected to have some test machines (virtual machines), which will be used to execute the examples within this book.What you will learn Identify and choose the right Samba 4 Server role Set up a Samba 4 Server as an Active Directory Domain Controller Utilize the Python scripting interface Understand the migration steps from Samba 3 to Samba 4 Integrate GNU/Linux operating system authentication into the AD Implement file and print servers using Samba 4 Understand the tasks and attention points when replacing a Microsoft Windows AD Who this book is for