https://www.stress-free.co.nz/tech/active_directory en https://www.stress-free.co.nz/samba_4_technology_preview_released <div class="field-body"> <div class="image"><img src="/sites/default/files/images/news/samba-logo.jpg" border="0" alt="Samba" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160" height="81" /></div> A Technology Preview of Samba 4 was <a href="http://us4.samba.org/samba/news/#4.0.0tp1">recently released</a>. The primary new feature is comprehensive <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/New_Samba_targets_Active_Directory/0,2000061733,39234687,00.htm">Active Directory support</a>. At the moment Samba 3 is capable of joining an Active Directory domain but it cannot function as an Active Directory controller of any sort. <p>Nice additions to Samba 4 is a built-in LDAP back-end and Kerberos encryption that is compatible with Microsoft's version. Linux Format has an <a href="http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=217">interview with Jeremy Alison</a>, a Samba developer. He talks about the long development process that has taken place and is still to come. The Technology Preview includes a good deal of the AD server functionality but still lacks printer and security features, plus the back-end LDAP structures are in flux. Still it is pretty exciting, maybe OpenSUSE 11 will feature Samba 4....</p> <p> </p> </div> <ul class="field-taxonomy-vocabulary-1"> <li> <a href="/tech/linux">linux</a> </li> <li> <a href="/tech/samba">samba</a> </li> <li> <a href="/tech/active_directory">active directory</a> </li> </ul> Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:01:41 +0000 David 221 at https://www.stress-free.co.nz