Changes

The primary objective of this effort is to create Active Directory support on SME 9+ with a focus on simplicity and easy in integration, as is done on many of the other sub-systems on SME Server.  Other distributions with Samba 4 support take the approach of providing a fairly complex front end to Samba 4 with many configuration parameters and options.  Our approach for Samba 4 is to stream line implementation to provide a straight forward and simple set of UI parameters for the administrator to deploy Active Directory in a configuration that will work in most deployments.  Support for the full array of Samba 4 options is provided under the hood in SME Server, but will be available primary from the console.  The SME Server community may decide to create an Advanced Samba server-manager panel to control and configure some of the more advanced features available in Samba 4, but the Core SME Server deployment of Active Directory will remain focused on simplicity.  

The primary objective of this effort is to create Active Directory support on SME 9+ with a focus on simplicity and easy in integration, as is done on many of the other sub-systems on SME Server.  Other distributions with Samba 4 support take the approach of providing a fairly complex front end to Samba 4 with many configuration parameters and options.  Our approach for Samba 4 is to stream line implementation to provide a straight forward and simple set of UI parameters for the administrator to deploy Active Directory in a configuration that will work in most deployments.  Support for the full array of Samba 4 options is provided under the hood in SME Server, but will be available primary from the console.  The SME Server community may decide to create an Advanced Samba server-manager panel to control and configure some of the more advanced features available in Samba 4, but the Core SME Server deployment of Active Directory will remain focused on simplicity.  

Deployment of Samba 4 on SME Server means that many of the authentication mechanisms on SME Server need to change to integrate with Active Directory, therefore this development effort is quite far reaching.

Deployment of Samba 4 on SME Server means that many of the authentication mechanisms on SME Server need to change to integrate with Active Directory, therefore this development effort is quite far reaching.

 

Samba 4 on SME Server is targeted for Koozali SME Server 10

Samba 4 on SME Server is targeted for Koozali SME Server 10, but is currently be developed simultaneously on both version 9.2 and 10.

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