[Samba] Samba and Active Directory

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> Is there a way to authenticate samba shares using Active Directory? I don't
> want to add the Linux server to AD, I just want to be able to use Active
> Directory for the authentication of the Samba shares.
> Is there a good how-to?

Yes, and yes. See the documentation.  
http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/
http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/

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