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===MAINTAINER===

===Maintainer===

[mailto:greg@leiinc.com Greg J. Zartman]

[mailto:greg@leiinc.com Greg J. Zartman]

===DESCRIPTION===

===Description===

Advanced Samba is a SME Server contrib to extend SME Servers Samba functionality to support all standard Windows server roles.  Out-of-the-box, SME Server supports workgroup and primary domain controller (PDC) server roles. These, out-of-the-box, server roles address many Windows Network needs, but they do not provide all of the functionality available to todays typical Windows Server.

Advanced Samba is a SME Server contrib to extend SME Servers Samba functionality to support all standard Windows server roles.  Out-of-the-box, SME Server supports workgroup and primary domain controller (PDC) server roles. These, out-of-the-box, server roles address many Windows Network needs, but they do not provide all of the functionality available to todays typical Windows Server.

It should be noted that this contrib is a work in progress.  Preliminary support is provided for all Server Roles and full support for a selection of them, as detailed below.  In time, all server roles listed here in will be fully supported by this contrib.

It should be noted that this contrib is a work in progress.  Preliminary support is provided for all Server Roles and full support for a selection of them, as detailed below.  In time, all server roles listed here in will be fully supported by this contrib.

===PREREQUISITES===

===Prerequisites===

The current releases of SME Server do not support Samba server roles directly.  Modification of several core SME Server packages is required to support Samba server roles, therefore it is not possible to provide advanced Samba functions with a typical contrib RPM.   

The current releases of SME Server do not support Samba server roles directly.  Modification of several core SME Server packages is required to support Samba server roles, therefore it is not possible to provide advanced Samba functions with a typical contrib RPM.   

  signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot.

  signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot.

===INSTALL ADVANCED SAMBA RPM===

===Install sdvanced Samba RPM===

It is necessary to install one additional RPM prior to configuring SME Server in advanced server roles. This package provides necessary Samba functionality that may not be available in Core SME Server packages:

It is necessary to install one additional RPM prior to configuring SME Server in advanced server roles. This package provides necessary Samba functionality that may not be available in Core SME Server packages:

  signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot

  signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot

=== CONFIGURE SERVER ROLES ===

=== Configure server roles ===

As most of those familiar with SME Server know, much of the configuration (management) of the SME Server can be done through the server-manager web interface.  The current SME Server server-manager includes a panel, Workgroup, which provides the Administrator the ability to configure SME Server as either a workgroup server of a primary domain controller.  Nothing presented in this contrib (software or documentation) will change this.  We have worked to provide seamless integration of new functionality with the current SME Server -- nothing will change if you desire to stick with the standard options.

As most of those familiar with SME Server know, much of the configuration (management) of the SME Server can be done through the server-manager web interface.  The current SME Server server-manager includes a panel, Workgroup, which provides the Administrator the ability to configure SME Server as either a workgroup server of a primary domain controller.  Nothing presented in this contrib (software or documentation) will change this.  We have worked to provide seamless integration of new functionality with the current SME Server -- nothing will change if you desire to stick with the standard options.

SME Server support for this server role is coming soon.}}

SME Server support for this server role is coming soon.}}

=== KNOWN ISSUES ===

=== Known issues===

====Domain Users and Groups, SME Server as a domain member====

====Domain Users and Groups, SME Server as a domain member====

Access control to network resources is specified in the SME server-manager web interface, which only recognizes local groups, not domain groups.  To maintain current SME Server functionality, this contrib treats all authenticated users as if they are members of the local group assigned to the network resource in the server-manager interface.  At some point in the future, this contrib may provide functionality that would allow the administrator to restrict access to network resources based on domain groups.

Access control to network resources is specified in the SME server-manager web interface, which only recognizes local groups, not domain groups.  To maintain current SME Server functionality, this contrib treats all authenticated users as if they are members of the local group assigned to the network resource in the server-manager interface.  At some point in the future, this contrib may provide functionality that would allow the administrator to restrict access to network resources based on domain groups.

=== BUGS ===

=== Bugs ===

Please raise bugs under the SME Contribs section in {{BugzillaFileBug|product=|component=|title=bugzilla}}.

Please raise bugs under the SME Contribs section in {{BugzillaFileBug|product=|component=|title=bugzilla}}.