.. Reminder for header structure: Parts (H1) : #################### with overline Chapters (H2) : ******************** with overline Sections (H3) : ==================== Subsections (H4) : -------------------- Subsubsections (H5) : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Paragraphs (H6) : """"""""""""""""""""" .. |date| date:: .. meta:: :description: About the services that compose a Samba Active Directory server :keywords: Documentation, Samba, Active Directory, services .. _about_services_index: ############################################################### About the services that compose a Samba Active Directory server ############################################################### We are going to cover the following 5 major topics: * :abbr:`LDAP (Lightweight Directory Application Protocol)`; * Kerberos; * :abbr:`DNS (Domaine Name Service)`; * :abbr:`SMB (Server Messenging Block)` and :abbr:`MS-RPC (Microsoft Remote Procedure Call)` protocols; * :abbr:`NTP (Network Time Protocol)`; We will also cover other concepts such as :abbr:`FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operations)` roles or the :program:`Winbindd` service. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 about_dns.rst about_ldap.rst about_kerberos.rst about_smb_msrpc.rst about_ntp.rst about_fsmo.rst about_winbindd.rst about_password_hash.rst about_trust_and_forest.rst samba_ad_replication.rst about_gpo.rst about_samba_cups_printing.rst