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  :description: About the services that compose a Samba Active Directory server
  :keywords: Documentation, Samba, Active Directory, services

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About the services that compose a Samba Active Directory server
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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

  samba_fundamentals-about_dns.rst
  samba_fundamentals-about_ldap.rst
  samba_fundamentals-about_kerberos.rst
  samba_fundamentals-about_smb_msrpc.rst
  samba_fundamentals-about_ntp.rst
  samba_fundamentals-about_fsmo.rst
  samba_fundamentals-about_winbindd.rst
  samba_fundamentals-about_password_hash.rst
  samba_fundamentals-about_trust_and_forest.rst
  samba_fundamentals-samba_ad_replication.rst
  samba_fundamentals-about_gpo.rst
  samba_fundamentals-about_samba_cups_printing.rst