CentOS
CentOS 8 Active Directory Member Server
This guide details the steps required to configure SAMBA as an Active Directory member server on CentOS 8.
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 18 Active Directory Member Server
This guide will detail how to setup an Ubuntu 18.x server as a SAMBA Active Directory member server. There have been some configuration changes since earlier Ubuntu releases due to the adoption of SAMBA 4.7.
FreeBSD
FreeBSD 11 Active Directory Member Server
This guide details how to install and configure SAMBA 4.8 as an AD member server of an existing domain on FreeBSD 11.x. This is only a basic configuration with a single share that allows Domain Users read/write access. Further configuration can be performed to restrict access as well as enabling ACLs to provide granular access management to directories within shares.
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 15 Active Directory Member Server
This guide will detail how to setup an Ubuntu 15.x server as a SAMBA Active Directory member server. There have been some configuration changes since earlier Ubuntu releases due to the adoption of the latest stable SAMBA 4.1 release.
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 15 Standalone Guest Server
This guide details how to setup a SAMBA standalone server on Ubuntu 15.x which DOES NOT REQUIRE AUTHENTICATION to access shares.
CentOS
CentOS 7 Standalone Guest Server
This guide will detail how to build a standalone SAMBA server on CentOS 7 which DOES NOT REQUIRE AUTHENTICATION to access shares. This guide will also work with RHEL 7.
FreeBSD
FreeBSD 10 PAM_Winbind SSH Login
This guide will describe how to enable SSH login to your FreeBSD server using your AD credentials. You can also restrict SSH access to members of a particular AD group.
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 14 Standalone Server
This guide details how to setup a SAMBA standalone server on Ubuntu 14.x
FreeBSD
FreeBSD 10 Active Directory Member Server
This guide details how to install and configure SAMBA 4.1 as an AD member server of an existing domain on FreeBSD 10.x. This is only a basic configuration with a single share that allows Domain Users read/write access. Further configuration can be performed to restrict access as well as enabling ACLs to provide granular access management to directories within shares.
CentOS
CentOS 7 Standalone Server
This guide will detail how to build a standalone SAMBA server on CentOS 7. I used a HP MicroServer Gen8 with an Adaptec 6405E RAID card and 4x Western Digital Red 2TB drives in RAID 10. This guide will also work with RHEL 7.