[Samba] Re: Authentication against AD?

[Dimitri Yioulos]

On Tuesday 13 September 2005 3:58 pm, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Jason Gerfen wrote:
> > I am having a hard time getting Samba to authentication correctly
> > against a Windows Active Directory setup.
> >
> >        template shell = /bin/bash
> >        template homedir = /home/%D/%U
> >
> > I can run the net ads join command which works fine, but if I try to
> > authentication without a local account I am recieving errors.  Any
> > assistance or pointers is appreciated.
>
> If you want to avoid the use of local accounts, you also need to
> configure/use winbind and pam+nss_winbind
>
> -- Rex
 
Rex is right.  You need to configure resolv.conf, nsswitch.conf, and 
etc/pam.d/login.

Dimitri