REALLY NEED SOME QUICK HELP! -PLEASE!!

[Rob Tanner]

Just a thought, and this is off base, but have you considered setting a 
machine account on the NT4 PDC and using security = DOMAIN.  I have a 
SAMBA server (2.0.6) running on Solaris 7 that is a participant in an 
NT domain.  All the users in the domain also have UNIX accounts on the 
Solaris box for email, etc, but access to home directory space and such 
via SAMBA is authenticated at the NT only -- NT passwords are not 
recorded locally at all.

-- Rob


--On 09/27/00 03:57:26 PM +0200 Buchan Milne <bgmilne at ing.sun.ac.za> 
wrote:

> Check your password program entry. The examples in "man smb.conf" show
> either "/bin/passwd" or "/sbin/passwd %u". Also, have you looked at
> the "passwd chat" option ?
>
> Sorry I can't help you more, we don't sync unix and samba, and we only
> run linux (we're poor!)
>
> Buchan
>
> Adam.Propeck at fallon.com wrote:
>>
>> I submitted this problem before but haven't received a response.
>> There were promises made as to performance of the SAMBA server, and
>> my team is hard pressed to meet our deadlines.  I really need some
>> help here guys (and gals).  Please let me know ASAP as I am
>> currently working on our 2 production servers now and can't wait!
>> THANKS in advance, ADAM PROPECK
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --------------------------------------- *************Previous
>>           Message*****************
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --------------------------------------- I am running SAMBA 2.0.7 on
>> a Solaris 2.7 Box, and want to continue to have an NT4 PDC.  I am
>> having difficulty with password sync from NT to the Solaris side of
>> things.  I would like to have users on Win98/NT workstations be able
>> to change their passwords on the NT side through CTRL-ALT-DEL,
>> Change Password, and then get SAMBA and our /etc/passwd to sync to
>> the new password.  How can I go about doing this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Adam Propeck
>> Systems Administrator-Fallon
>> adam.propeck at fallon.com
>> 612-282-3458
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>    Below is an edited copy of my conf file.
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> # Samba config file created using SWAT
>> # from host.com (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)
>> # Date: 2000/09/26 11:59:36
>>
>> # Global parameters
>> [global]
>>       workgroup = FM
>>       netbios name = FMSAMBA
>>       server string = SAMBA SERVER
>>       security = DOMAIN
>>       encrypt passwords = Yes
>>       update encrypted = Yes
>>       min password length = 4
>>       password server = NTPDC            <---- Actual name of PDC is
>>       here passwd program = /bin/passwd %u
>>       passwd chat debug = Yes
>>       username map = /etc/user.map
>>       unix password sync = Yes
>>       debug hires timestamp = Yes
>>       debug pid = Yes
>>       debug uid = Yes
>>       logon home =
>>       os level = 0
>>       local master = No
>>       wins server = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>>       hide files = /Network Trash
>> Folder/TheFindByContentFolder/TheVolumeSettingsFolder/
>>
>> [Creative]
>>       path = /data/fmsamba/
>>
>> [homes]
>>       comment = Home Directory
>>       path = /data/homes/%u
>>       writeable = Yes
>>       browseable = No
>
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  Rob Tanner
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  Linfield College, McMinnville OR
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