Using unRAID as a Windows Domain Controller (SAMBA PDC mode)
As unRAID includes a 3.x version of SAMBA I think it should be possible to get unRAID to act as a Windows Domain Controller. Right now my old Linux file server does this for me using SAMBA 3.0.24, and it would be nice to decommission it.
Has anyone tried doing this?
From what I recall it would only need some changes to the "smb.conf" file and to migrate across the account files from the old machine.
Well... it's been over a year! I just recently got back to this (in the last week) and was able to figure out the required config based on a working Samba PDC. It's actually a quite easy customization.
The migration of users from one domain to this new domain is beyond the scope of this guide.
Instructions
On Settings tab in unRAID GUI set the following:
Enable SMB = Yes
Security Mode = Workgroup
Local master = Yes
Workgroup = [your domain name]
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