To create a Samba PDC on a Ubuntu VM
Add server to /etc/hosts & /etc/hostname. eg:
172.16.0.1 pdc.WINDOMAIN.domain.org.uk WINDOMAIN.domain.org.uk pdc
/etc/network/interfaces to contains:
* dns-nameservers 172.16.0.1 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 (Open DNS)
* dns-search WINDOMAIN.domain.org.uk
Users client DNS & WINS servers point to 172.16.0.1 (issued via DHCP)
apt-get update; apt-get upgrade -y apt-get install samba smbclient samba-dev libpam-winbind rm /etc/samba/smb.conf samba-tool domain provision --use-rfc2307 –interactive samba-tool user add sysadmin smbpasswd -d Guest samba-tool group addmembers "Domain Admins" sysadmin samba-tool domain passwordsettings set --complexity=off samba-tool domain passwordsettings set --history-length=0 samba-tool domain passwordsettings set --min-pwd-age=0 # Default is non-zero! samba-tool domain passwordsettings set --max-pwd-age=0
Use mcc & GPO editor used to define drive mappings for “Domain Users” in forest WINDOMAIN
(New users are members of “Domain Users” by default).
“Active Directory Users and Computers” available via mmc on Windows 10.
However default system language must be US English during installation from
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=45520
Details at https://www.stephendonaghy.com/?p=25