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Backup Domain Control</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">John</span> <span class="othername">H.</span> <span class="surname">Terpstra</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:jht@samba.org">jht@samba.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Volker</span> <span class="surname">Lendecke</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:Volker.Lendecke@SerNet.DE">Volker.Lendecke@SerNet.DE</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="samba-bdc.html#id2889347">Features And Benefits</a></dt><dt><a href="samba-bdc.html#id2889536">Essential Background Information</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="samba-bdc.html#id2889565">MS Windows NT4 Style Domain Control</a></dt><dt><a href="samba-bdc.html#id2889816">Active Directory Domain Control</a></dt><dt><a href="samba-bdc.html#id2889836">What qualifies a Domain Controller on the network?</a></dt><dt><a href="samba-bdc.html#id2889863">How does a Workstation find its domain controller?</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="samba-bdc.html#id2889908">Backup Domain Controller Configuration</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="samba-bdc.html#id2890011">Example Configuration</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="samba-bdc.html#id2890167">Common Errors</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="samba-bdc.html#id2890181">Machine Accounts keep expiring, what can I do?</a></dt><dt><a href="samba-bdc.html#id2890212">Can Samba be a Backup Domain Controller to an NT4 PDC?</a></dt><dt><a href="samba-bdc.html#id2890238">How do I replicate the smbpasswd file?</a></dt><dt><a href="samba-bdc.html#id2890283">Can I do this all with LDAP?</a></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><p> +Before you continue reading in this section, please make sure that you are comfortable +with configuring a Samba Domain Controller as described in <a href="samba-pdc.html" title="Chapter 5. Domain Control">chapter on setting up Samba as a PDC</a>. +</p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2889347"></a>Features And Benefits</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +This is one of the most difficult chapters to summarise. It does not matter what we say here +for someone will still draw conclusions and / or approach the Samba-Team with expectations +that are either not yet capable of being delivered, or that can be achieved far more +effectively using a totally different approach. In the event that you should have a persistent +concern that is not addressed in this book then please email +<a href="mailto:jht@samba.org" target="_top">John H Terpstra</a> clearly setting out your requirements +and / or question and we will do our best to provide a solution. +</p><p> +Samba-3 is capable of acting as a Backup Domain Controller to another Samba Primary Domain +Controller. A Samba-3 PDC can operate with an LDAP Account backend. The LDAP backend can be +either a common master LDAP server, or a slave server. The use of a slave LDAP server has the +benefit that when the master is down clients may still be able to log onto the network. +This effectively gives samba a high degree of scalability iand is a very sweet (nice) solution +for large organisations. +</p><p> +While it is possible to run a Samba-3 BDC with non-LDAP backend, the administrator will +need to figure out precisely what is the best way to replicate (copy / distribute) the +user and machine Accounts backend. +</p><p> +The use of a non-LDAP backend SAM database is particularly problematic because Domain member +servers and workstations periodically change the machine trust account password. The new +password is then stored only locally. This means that in the absence of a centrally stored +accounts database (such as that provided with an LDAP based solution) if Samba-3 is running +as a BDC, the BDC instance of the Domain member trust account password will not reach the +PDC (master) copy of the SAM. If the PDC SAM is then replicated to BDCs this results in +overwriting of the SAM that contains the updated (changed) trust account password with resulting +breakage of the domain trust. +</p><p> +Considering the number of comments and questions raised concerning how to configure a BDC +lets consider each possible option and look at the pro's and con's for each theoretical solution: +</p><div class="itemizedlist"><p class="title"><b>Backup Domain Backend Account Distribution Options</b></p><ul type="disc"><li><p> + Solution: Passwd Backend is LDAP based, BDCs use a slave LDAP server + </p><p> + Arguments For: This is a neat and manageable solution. The LDAP based SAM (ldapsam) + is constantly kept up to date. + </p><p> + Arguments Against: Complexity + </p></li><li><p> + Passdb Backend is tdbsam based, BDCs use cron based <span class="emphasis"><em>net rpc vampire</em></span> to + obtain the Accounts database from the PDC and place them into the Samba SAM. + <span class="emphasis"><em>net rpc vampire</em></span> is a Samba function of the "net" command. + </p><p> + Arguments For: It would be a nice solution + </p><p> + Arguments Against: It does not work because Samba-3 does not support the required + protocols. This may become a later feature but is not available today. + </p></li><li><p> + Make use of rsync to replicate (pull down) copies of the essential account files + </p><p> + Arguments For: It is a simple solution, easy to set up as a scheduled job + </p><p> + Arguments Against: This will over-write the locally changed machine trust account + passwords. This is a broken and flawed solution. Do NOT do this. + </p></li><li><p> + Operate with an entirely local accounts database (not recommended) + </p><p> + Arguments For: Simple, easy to maintain + </p><p> + Arguments Against: All machine trust accounts and user accounts will be locally + maintained. Domain users will NOT be able to roam from office to office. This is + a broken and flawed solution. Do NOT do this. + </p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2889536"></a>Essential Background Information</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +A Domain Controller is a machine that is able to answer logon requests from network +workstations. Microsoft LanManager and IBM LanServer were two early products that +provided this capability. The technology has become known as the LanMan Netlogon service. +</p><p> +When MS Windows NT3.10 was first released, it supported an new style of Domain Control +and with it a new form of the network logon service that has extended functionality. +This service became known as the NT NetLogon Service. The nature of this service has +changed with the evolution of MS Windows NT and today provides a very complex array of +services that are implemented over a complex spectrum of technologies. +</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2889565"></a>MS Windows NT4 Style Domain Control</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +Whenever a user logs into a Windows NT4 / 200x / XP Professional Workstation, +the workstation connects to a Domain Controller (authentication server) to validate +the username and password that the user entered are valid. If the information entered +does not validate against the account information that has been stored in the Domain +Control database (the SAM, or Security Account Manager database) then a set of error +codes is returned to the workstation that has made the authentication request. +</p><p> +When the username / password pair has been validated, the Domain Controller +(authentication server) will respond with full enumeration of the account information +that has been stored regarding that user in the User and Machine Accounts database +for that Domain. This information contains a complete network access profile for +the user but excludes any information that is particular to the user's desktop profile, +or for that matter it excludes all desktop profiles for groups that the user may +belong to. It does include password time limits, password uniqueness controls, +network access time limits, account validity information, machine names from which the +user may access the network, and much more. All this information was stored in the SAM +in all versions of MS Windows NT (3.10, 3.50, 3.51, 4.0). +</p><p> +The account information (user and machine) on Domain Controllers is stored in two files, +one containing the Security information and the other the SAM. These are stored in files +by the same name in the <tt class="filename">C:\WinNT\System32\config</tt> directory. These +are the files that are involved in replication of the SAM database where Backup Domain +Controllers are present on the network. +</p><p> +There are two situations in which it is desirable to install Backup Domain Controllers: +</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p> + On the local network that the Primary Domain Controller is on, if there are many + workstations and/or where the PDC is generally very busy. In this case the BDCs + will pick up network logon requests and help to add robustness to network services. + </p></li><li><p> + At each remote site, to reduce wide area network traffic and to add stability to + remote network operations. The design of the network, the strategic placement of + Backup Domain Controllers, together with an implementation that localises as much + of network to client interchange as possible will help to minimise wide area network + bandwidth needs (and thus costs). + </p></li></ul></div><p> +The PDC contains the master copy of the SAM. In the event that an administrator makes a +change to the user account database while physically present on the local network that +has the PDC, the change will likely be made directly to the PDC instance of the master +copy of the SAM. In the event that this update may be performed in a branch office the +change will likely be stored in a delta file on the local BDC. The BDC will then send +a trigger to the PDC to commence the process of SAM synchronisation. The PDC will then +request the delta from the BDC and apply it to the master SAM. The PDC will then contact +all the BDCs in the Domain and trigger them to obtain the update and then apply that to +their own copy of the SAM. +</p><p> +Thus the BDC is said to hold a <span class="emphasis"><em>read-only</em></span> of the SAM from which +it is able to process network logon requests and to authenticate users. The BDC can +continue to provide this service, particularly while, for example, the wide area +network link to the PDC is down. Thus a BDC plays a very important role in both +maintenance of Domain security as well as in network integrity. +</p><p> +In the event that the PDC should need to be taken out of service, or if it dies, then +one of the BDCs can be promoted to a PDC. If this happens while the original PDC is on +line then it is automatically demoted to a BDC. This is an important aspect of Domain +Controller management. The tool that is used to affect a promotion or a demotion is the +Server Manager for Domains. +</p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2889716"></a>Example PDC Configuration</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +Since version 2.2 Samba officially supports domain logons for all current Windows Clients, +including Windows NT4, 2003 and XP Professional. For samba to be enabled as a PDC some +parameters in the <i class="parameter"><tt>[global]</tt></i>-section of the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> have to be set: +</p><div class="example"><a name="id2889747"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 6.1. Minimal smb.conf for being a PDC</b></p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>workgroup = MIDEARTH</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>domain master = yes</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>domain logons = yes</tt></i></td></tr></table></div><p> +Several other things like a <i class="parameter"><tt>[homes]</tt></i> and a +<i class="parameter"><tt>[netlogon]</tt></i> share also need to be set along with +settings for the profile path, the users home drive, etc.. This will not be covered in this +chapter, for more information please refer to <a href="samba-pdc.html" title="Chapter 5. Domain Control">the chapter about samba as a PDC</a>. +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2889816"></a>Active Directory Domain Control</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +As of the release of MS Windows 2000 and Active Directory, this information is now stored +in a directory that can be replicated and for which partial or full administrative control +can be delegated. Samba-3 is NOT able to be a Domain Controller within an Active Directory +tree, and it can not be an Active Directory server. This means that Samba-3 also can NOT +act as a Backup Domain Controller to an Active Directory Domain Controller. +</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2889836"></a>What qualifies a Domain Controller on the network?</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +Every machine that is a Domain Controller for the domain SAMBA has to register the NetBIOS +group name SAMBA<#1c> with the WINS server and/or by broadcast on the local network. +The PDC also registers the unique NetBIOS name SAMBA<#1b> with the WINS server. +The name type <#1b> name is normally reserved for the Domain Master Browser, a role +that has nothing to do with anything related to authentication, but the Microsoft Domain +implementation requires the domain master browser to be on the same machine as the PDC. +</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2889863"></a>How does a Workstation find its domain controller?</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +An MS Windows NT4 / 200x / XP Professional workstation in the domain SAMBA that wants a +local user to be authenticated has to find the domain controller for SAMBA. It does this +by doing a NetBIOS name query for the group name SAMBA<#1c>. It assumes that each +of the machines it gets back from the queries is a domain controller and can answer logon +requests. To not open security holes both the workstation and the selected domain controller +authenticate each other. After that the workstation sends the user's credentials (name and +password) to the local Domain Controller, for validation. +</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2889908"></a>Backup Domain Controller Configuration</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +Several things have to be done: +</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p> + The domain SID has to be the same on the PDC and the BDC. This used to + be stored in the file private/MACHINE.SID. This file is not created + since Samba 2.2.5. Nowadays the domain SID is stored in the file + private/secrets.tdb. Simply copying the secrets.tdb + from the PDC to the BDC does not work, as the BDC would + generate a new SID for itself and override the domain SID with this + new BDC SID.</p><p> + To retrieve the domain SID from the PDC or an existing BDC and store it in the + secrets.tdb, execute: + </p><pre class="screen"> +<tt class="prompt">root# </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>net rpc getsid</tt></b> +</pre></li><li><p> + The UNIX user database has to be synchronized from the PDC to the + BDC. This means that both the /etc/passwd and /etc/group have to be + replicated from the PDC to the BDC. This can be done manually + whenever changes are made, or the PDC is set up as a NIS master + server and the BDC as a NIS slave server. To set up the BDC as a + mere NIS client would not be enough, as the BDC would not be able to + access its user database in case of a PDC failure. NIS is by no means + the only method to synchronize passwords. An LDAP solution would work + as well. + </p></li><li><p> + The Samba password database has to be replicated from the PDC to the BDC. + As said above, though possible to synchronise the <tt class="filename">smbpasswd</tt> + file with rsync and ssh, this method is broken and flawed, and is + therefore not recommended. A better solution is to set up slave LDAP + servers for each BDC and a master LDAP server for the PDC. + </p></li><li><p> + Any netlogon share has to be replicated from the PDC to the + BDC. This can be done manually whenever login scripts are changed, + or it can be done automatically together with the smbpasswd + synchronization. + </p></li></ul></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2890011"></a>Example Configuration</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +Finally, the BDC has to be found by the workstations. This can be done by setting: +</p><div class="example"><a name="id2890026"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 6.2. Minimal setup for being a BDC</b></p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>workgroup = MIDEARTH</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>domain master = no</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>domain logons = yes</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>idmap backend = ldapsam://slave-ldap.quenya.org</tt></i></td></tr></table></div><p> +In the <i class="parameter"><tt>[global]</tt></i>-section of the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> of the BDC. This makes the BDC +only register the name SAMBA<#1c> with the WINS server. This is no +problem as the name SAMBA<#1c> is a NetBIOS group name that is meant to +be registered by more than one machine. The parameter +<a class="indexterm" name="id2890094"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>domain master</tt></i> = no +forces the BDC not to register SAMBA<#1b> which as a unique NetBIOS +name is reserved for the Primary Domain Controller. +</p><p> +The <i class="parameter"><tt>idmap backend</tt></i> will redirect the <b class="command">winbindd</b> utility to +use the LDAP database to resolve all UIDs and GIDs for UNIX accounts. +</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> +Samba-3 has introduced a new ID mapping facility. One of the features of this facility is that it +allows greater flexibility in how user and group IDs are handled in respect of NT Domain User and Group +SIDs. One of the new facilities provides for explicitly ensuring that UNIX / Linux UID and GID values +will be consistent on the PDC, all BDCs and all Domain Member servers. The parameter that controls this +is called <i class="parameter"><tt>idmap backend</tt></i>. Please refer to the man page for <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> for more information +regarding it's behaviour. Do NOT set this parameter except where an LDAP backend (ldapsam) is in use. +</p></div></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2890167"></a>Common Errors</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +As this is a rather new area for Samba there are not many examples that we may refer to. Keep +watching for updates to this section. +</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2890181"></a>Machine Accounts keep expiring, what can I do?</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +This problem will occur when occur when the passdb (SAM) files are copied from a central +server but the local Backup Domain Controllers. Local machine trust account password updates +are not copied back to the central server. The newer machine account password is then over +written when the SAM is copied from the PDC. The result is that the Domain member machine +on start up will find that it's passwords does not match the one now in the database and +since the startup security check will now fail, this machine will not allow logon attempts +to proceed and the account expiry error will be reported. +</p><p> +The solution: use a more robust passdb backend, such as the ldapsam backend, setting up +an slave LDAP server for each BDC, and a master LDAP server for the PDC. +</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2890212"></a>Can Samba be a Backup Domain Controller to an NT4 PDC?</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +With version 2.2, no. The native NT4 SAM replication protocols have not yet been fully +implemented. The Samba Team is working on understanding and implementing the protocols, +but this work has not been finished for Samba-3. +</p><p> +Can I get the benefits of a BDC with Samba? Yes, but only to a Samba PDC. The main reason for implementing a +BDC is availability. If the PDC is a Samba machine, a second Samba machine can be set up to +service logon requests whenever the PDC is down. +</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2890238"></a>How do I replicate the smbpasswd file?</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +Replication of the smbpasswd file is sensitive. It has to be done whenever changes +to the SAM are made. Every user's password change is done in the smbpasswd file and +has to be replicated to the BDC. So replicating the smbpasswd file very often is necessary. +</p><p> +As the smbpasswd file contains plain text password equivalents, it must not be +sent unencrypted over the wire. The best way to set up smbpasswd replication from +the PDC to the BDC is to use the utility rsync. rsync can use ssh as a transport. +Ssh itself can be set up to accept <span class="emphasis"><em>only</em></span> rsync transfer without requiring the user +to type a password. +</p><p> +As said a few times before, use of this method is broken and flawed. Machine trust +accounts will go out of sync, resulting in a very broken domain. This method is +<span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> recommended. Try using LDAP instead. +</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2890283"></a>Can I do this all with LDAP?</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +The simple answer is YES. Samba's pdb_ldap code supports binding to a replica +LDAP server, and will also follow referrals and rebind to the master if it ever +needs to make a modification to the database. (Normally BDCs are read only, so +this will not occur often). +</p></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="samba-pdc.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="type.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="domain-member.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 5. Domain Control </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="samba-doc.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 7. Domain Membership</td></tr></table></div></body></html> |