[Samba] TS licensing problem on samba domain

January 29th, 2012 - 12:10 pm ET by Ludovic Rouse-Lamarre | Report spam
Hello,

We have recently joined a Windows Server 2008 R1 on our samba domain as
a domain member. The samba domain controller runs Samba version 3.4.9 on
FreeBSD 8.2.

We use the Windows Server as a terminal server for our domain users who
need an accounting application called Acomba. Therefore we have added TS
User CALs to the server in question. The TS Licensing Server was
activated and the licenses were installed succesfully.

The problem comes when we use the Licensing Diagnosis tool inside the TS
Configuration application. It then reports that it cannot find the TS
Licensing Server and that we are still within the grace period.

For screenshots:
https://plus.google.com/photos/1007...6740210577

You might wonder why I am sending this question on the samba mailing
list. I have found that when I put the Windows Server on a workgroup I
then no longer get problems with the Licensing Diagnosis. The licensing
server is detected and it reports correctly that I have 6 TS CALs. But I
much prefer to have the server on the domain.

I have also found other posts with people having the same problem:
http://forums.techarena.in/windows-...386174.htm
http://lists.samba.org/archive/samb...50555.html

We have posted the question on Microsoft's forums without getting an answer:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com...5a91718e5a

I have also called Microsoft and they have confirmed to me that this is
a technical issue and that the licenses are correctly installed. I get
the feeling however that when I tell them I use a Samba domain
controller they won't be of any help.

Thank you for your help,
Ludovic Rouse-Lamarre
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#1 Andrew Bartlett
January 29th, 2012 - 08:10 pm ET | Report spam
On Sun, 2012-01-29 at 12:02 -0500, Ludovic Rouse-Lamarre wrote:
Hello,

We have recently joined a Windows Server 2008 R1 on our samba domain as
a domain member. The samba domain controller runs Samba version 3.4.9 on
FreeBSD 8.2.

We use the Windows Server as a terminal server for our domain users who
need an accounting application called Acomba. Therefore we have added TS
User CALs to the server in question. The TS Licensing Server was
activated and the licenses were installed succesfully.

The problem comes when we use the Licensing Diagnosis tool inside the TS
Configuration application. It then reports that it cannot find the TS
Licensing Server and that we are still within the grace period.

I have also called Microsoft and they have confirmed to me that this is
a technical issue and that the licenses are correctly installed. I get
the feeling however that when I tell them I use a Samba domain
controller they won't be of any help.



Microsoft has gone to great technical lengths to support Samba3 domains.
It may well be that some functionality of Microsoft products relies on
an AD domain (which we are providing with Samba4), but do not assume
that they will be hostile.

If they claim an interoperability issue, we can refer that to the group
within Microsoft that specifically deals with interoperability issues
for us.

Andrew Bartlett

Andrew Bartlett http://samba.org/~abartlet/
Authentication Developer, Samba Team http://samba.org

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