[Samba] FreeBSD and Samba Windbind questions

[flatfendercj2a at netscape.net]

Hello,

I am getting ready to migrate from a Novell Server and wanted to use Samba as a PDC. I am planning on using FreeBSD, Samba 3 and LDAP.  The problem I encounter is that one of our business applications is only supported on Novell or Windows.  What I was hoping to do was configure a Samba PDC and have a W2K server that houses that application join the Samba Domain.  Then when I access the application on the W2K server it will authenticate to the Samba PDC.  I have already configured a FreeBSD 4.8 and Samba 2.2.8a with LDAP before, but never integrated any W2K servers before.  As you can see I am a litte confused on how Winbind plays a role.  I have read the HowTos and the man pages, but still have the following questions.

1.Will I need to configure Winbind?  I understand that windbind provides the group mapping betweeen Windows and Unix.  Or is Windbind only necessary when your PDC is a true blue Microsoft PDC?

2.Will I need users accounts on the W2K server, I expect no, because it should authenticate through the PDC.

3.How do I specify group permissions on the W2K server shares?  Will Winbind take care of this? Will standard unix groups work.?  Should I host a DFS share through Samba to control directory access?

4.If I need Winbind should I store the group information in LDAP?

5.What is the differnce between –with winbind and –with winbind-auth-challenge?

Thanks to all the Samba Developers for a fine product.

John Robertson


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