FreeNAS as Samba Primary Domain Controler

[Javafanboy]

Could somebody create a guide for how to set-up Samba in FreeNAS to act as a primary domain controler (there is at least one post in the forum that claims this is possible but unfortunatly the guy did not give any description on how :-().

If this is (despite the post I mentioned) not possible today I would like to propose that it would add a lot of value to enable this capability.

Many people would like to have their own doamin but do not like the idea of having both a FreeNAs server and a dedicated domain controller machine runing 24x7.

Fingers crossed this could happen one day!

 

[dlavigne]

It is possible, just not well documented yet: http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Directory_Services#Domain_Controller. Anyone who has successfully done this is welcome to add the steps the used there or to create a thread in the How-To Guides sub-forum.

 

[jforeman]

I was able to successfully set up FreeNAS as a Samba4 PDC today. First, set the parameters on the "Domain Controller" settings page per the wiki. After that, go to the main "Settings" page and set "Directory Service" to "Domain Controller" and then to go to the "Control Services" page and turn "Directory Services" on. After that is done, FreeNAS will provision the domain. If you shell in and do a "net ads info", you should get something like the following:

dc# net ads info
Environment LOGNAME is not defined. Trying anonymous access.
LDAP server: 127.0.0.1
LDAP server name: dc.example.com
Realm: EXAMPLE
Bind Path: dc=EXAMPLE,dc=COM
LDAP port: 389
Server time: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 17:28:16 EST
KDC server: 127.0.0.1

Server time offset: 0

The next steps are to update the DNS settings on your Windows box (to point to the FreeNAS system as a DNS server), and to join that machine the domain.

After that, you'll probably want RSAT to administer the Samba4 domain. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7887 . This will allow you to create users, manage group policy, manage DNS, etc.

I was not able to edit the wiki, as I don't have permissions, or I would have added these steps.

 

[Rand]

Great, will try that soon.

Now just need replication settings to sync with a RasPi BDC;)

 

[jforeman]

Great, will try that soon.

Now just need replication settings to sync with a RasPi BDC;)

Rand,

Currently, the FreeNAS GUI doesn't have the functionality to enable FreeNAS to act as a BDC. That said, nothing special is needed on the FreeNAS side for setting up another machine as a BDC. Just follow these instructions for your Raspberry Pi:
http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO/Join_a_domain_as_a_DC

Justin

 

[RobertT]

It is possible, just not well documented yet: http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Directory_Services#Domain_Controller. Anyone who has successfully done this is welcome to add the steps the used there or to create a thread in the How-To Guides sub-forum.

The link doesnt exist anymore. Any idea where it has moved?

 

[gpsguy]

Here's the corresponding link, though it's being rewritten for 9.3. http://sphinx.freenas.org/freenas.html#domain-controller

You can download PDF versions of the userguide from here: http://doc.freenas.org/