[Samba] Samba 3 by Example - chapter 5 & 6 ( Manager -> sambaadmin)

[adrian sender]

I will try to explain my situtation a little better so other can understand.

I am sticking to the documentation, (samba 3 by example by jht) excellent 
book!;

So here is where I am at;

I have configured my smb.conf; slapd.conf, ldap.conf, nssldap.conf as per 
the documentation chapter 6.

I do have a bdc; however there is no relivence to that as I am only working 
on the PDC at the time;

I have these commented out in the slapd.conf for the moment.

#replica     host=192.168.0.3:389
#            suffix="dc=tinistuff,dc=com"
#            binddn="cn=updateuser,dc=tinistuff,dc=com"
#            bindmethod=simple credentials=123456

#replogfile  /var/lib/ldap/replogfile


This is my smb.conf as per chapter 6;
***Note we are using "sambaadmin" and not "Manager" as in Chapter 5***

ldap admin dn = cn=sambaadmin,dc=tinistuff,dc=com

[root at node1 sbin]# smbpasswd -w 123456
Setting stored password for "cn=sambaadmin,dc=tinistuff,dc=com" in 
secrets.tdb

Does this look right so far; I am now going to configure smbldaptools as per 
the documentation; In chapter 5 (./configure)

Ok, now we take a look at this -
[root at node1 sbin]# cat /etc/opt/IDEALX/smbldap-tools/smbldap_bind.conf

############################
# Credential Configuration #
############################
# Notes: you can specify two differents configuration if you use a
# master ldap for writing access and a slave ldap server for reading access
# By default, we will use the same DN (so it will work for standard Samba
# release)
slaveDN="cn=sambaadmin,dc=tinistuff,dc=com"
slavePw="123456"
masterDN="cn=sambaadmin,dc=tinistuff,dc=com"
masterPw="123456"


Time to populate the ldap DB.
[root at node1 sbin]# ./smbldap-populate -a root -k 0 -m 0

This does not work because it cannot bind as "sambaadmin"

If I change my smbldap_bind to Manager, I can populate the DB.

root at node1 sbin]# cat /etc/opt/IDEALX/smbldap-tools/smbldap_bind.conf

############################
# Credential Configuration #
############################
# Notes: you can specify two differents configuration if you use a
# master ldap for writing access and a slave ldap server for reading access
# By default, we will use the same DN (so it will work for standard Samba
# release)
slaveDN="cn=Manager,dc=tinistuff,dc=com"
slavePw="123456"
masterDN="cn=Manager,dc=tinistuff,dc=com"
masterPw="123456"

Now it populates fine.

Is this a fault on my behalf, or is there something wrong with "sambaadmin" 
in the config files?

PS - please forgive any spelling errors.

Kind Regards,
Adrian Sender.





>From: Gordon Messmer <yinyang at eburg.com>
>To: adrian sender <adrian_au1 at hotmail.com>,  samba <samba at lists.samba.org>
>Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba 3 by Example - chapter 5 & 6 ( Manager -> 
>sambaadmin)
>Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 08:13:32 -0800
>
>Well... you have to create the containers using slapdadd.  After the 
>containers are present, then you can populate them with users, etc, using 
>ldapadd or other tools.  If you haven't created the containers, nothing is 
>going to work.
>
>
>
>adrian sender wrote:
>>The database has not been populated, and cannot be populated using 
>>"sambaadmin"
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: Gordon Messmer <yinyang at eburg.com>
>>>To: adrian sender <adrian_au1 at hotmail.com>
>>>CC: samba at lists.samba.org
>>>Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba 3 by Example - chapter 5 & 6 ( Manager -> 
>>>sambaadmin)
>>>Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:01:24 -0800
>>>
>>>adrian sender wrote:
>>>>
>>>>[root at node1 scripts]# slapadd -v -l admin-accts.ldif
>>>>added: "cn=updateuser,dc=tinistuff,dc=com" (00000002)
>>>>added: "cn=sambaadmin,dc=tinistuff,dc=com" (00000003)
>>>>Error, entries missing!
>>>>  entry 1: dc=tinistuff,dc=com
>>>
>>>If you dump the database, does "dc=tinistuff,dc=com" show up in there? It 
>>>looks like the entry for the base DN is missing, which might explain the 
>>>problems that you're having.
>>>
>>
>>
>