08.03.2025 20:15, Andreas Hasenack wrote:
What's the scenario where an AD DC server will not have the
samba-ad-dc package installed? That package exists since stable.
No. In stable, samba-ad-dc was completely optional, - it was just
a meta-package depending on all components which are essential for
an AD-DC to function (incl. samba-dsdb-modules, winbind, ...). It
was a preparation for the actual split which I didn't want to do
that late in the release process (bookworm freeze). It was entirely
okay to have the same components installed manually without
installing samba-ad-dc, and have a working DC, the way it has always
been before.
Actual move happened in 4.20.1+dfsg-2:
samba (2:4.20.1+dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=medium
* move many files from samba package to samba-ad-dc package.
From now on, samba-ad-dc isn't just a meta-package, it is actually
needed for AD-DC functionality. If you run AD-DC, please ensure
that samba-ad-dc package is installed (it is not recommended by samba)
Closes: #1051770
at which point samba-ad-dc has become mandatory for a DC to function.
See d/samba.NEWS file for the details, - it has an entry for this very
version. A similar info will be included in trixie release notes.
We'll have to live with this for one release, - I'll plan to demote
this Recommends to Suggests after the trixie release.
Thanks,
/mjt
