[Samba] adding users in smbpasswd file instead of Directory

[Ilia Chipitsine]

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> Saravanan wrote:
> | Hi,
> |
> | I am new to ldap. I am following Gerald Carter ldap
> | system admin book.
> |
> | when i add user using
> |
> | [root at server openldap]# smbpasswd -a saravanan
> |     [  OK  ]
> | New SMB password:
> | Retype new SMB password:
> |
> | it is updating users in /etc/samba/smbpasswd file
> | instead of updating the Directory. Both openldap and
> | samba runs in the same server. First I compiled samba
> | without --with-ldapsam. Now i compiled the samba with
> | --with-ldapsam. Still it is updating smbpasswd file.
>
> Saravanan,
>
> I need to update the book.  That covers the LDAP setup
> for Samba 2.2.  For now, you are better off following
> the passdb documentations in the samba/docs/ directory.
>
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> | [global]
> |    netbios name       = LDAP	|    workgroup          = LDAP
>
> and don't set the netbios name and workgroup to
> the values.  It will be painful.

probably samba should do some checks:

1) both "wins server" and "wins support" set

2) "netbios name" = "workgroup"

I'd suggest that samba won't start if it encounters such things in 
smb.conf.

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> cheers, jerrty
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