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WHATSNEW: Added entries for PSOs, domain backup/restore, and rename
Added WHATSNEW blurbs for the following features: - Password Settings Objects - Domain backup and restore - Domain rename tool Signed-off-by: Tim Beale <timbeale@catalyst.net.nz> Reviewed-by: Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org> Reviewed-by: Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> Reviewed-by: Gary Lockyer <gary@catalyst.net.nz>
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Please note this is an experimental feature and is not recommended for
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Please note this is an experimental feature and is not recommended for
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Password Settings Objects
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Support has been added for Password Settings Objects (PSOs). This AD feature is
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also known as Fine-Grained Password Policies (FGPP).
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PSOs allow AD administrators to override the domain password policy settings
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for specific users, or groups of users. For example, PSOs can force certain
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users to have longer password lengths, or relax the complexity constraints for
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other users, and so on. PSOs can be applied to groups or to individual users.
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When multiple PSOs apply to the same user, essentially the PSO with the best
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precedence takes effect.
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PSOs can be configured and applied to users/groups using the 'samba-tool domain
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passwordsettings pso' set of commands.
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Domain backup and restore
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A new samba-tool command has been added that allows administrators to create a
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backup-file of their domain DB. In the event of a catastrophic failure of the
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domain, this backup-file can be used to restore Samba services.
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The new 'samba-tool domain backup online' command takes a snapshot of the
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domain DB from a given DC. In the event of a catastrophic DB failure, all DCs
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in the domain should be taken offline, and the backup-file can then be used to
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recreate a fresh new DC, using the 'samba-tool domain backup restore' command.
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Once the backed-up domain DB has been restored on the new DC, other DCs can
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then subsequently be joined to the new DC, in order to repopulate the Samba
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network.
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Domain rename tool
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Basic support has been added for renaming a Samba domain. The rename feature is
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designed for the following cases:
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1). Running a temporary alternate domain, in the event of a catastrophic
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failure of the regular domain. Using a completely different domain name and
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realm means that the original domain and the renamed domain can both run at the
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same time, without interfering with each other. This is an advantage over
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creating a regular 'online' backup - it means the renamed/alternate domain can
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provide core Samba network services, while trouble-shooting the fault on the
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original domain can be done in parallel.
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2). Creating a realistic lab domain or pre-production domain for testing.
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Note that the renamed tool is currently not intended to support a long-term
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rename of the production domain. Currently renaming the GPOs is not supported
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and would need to be done manually.
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The domain rename is done in two steps: first, the 'samba-tool domain backup
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rename' command will clone the domain DB, renaming it in the process, and
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producing a backup-file. Then, the 'samba-tool domain backup restore' command
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takes the backup-file and restores the renamed DB to disk on a fresh DC.
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REMOVED FEATURES
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REMOVED FEATURES
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