LDAP machine accounts

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Fri Feb 14 18:04:21 GMT 2003


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On 13 Feb 2003, Daniel T. Gynn wrote:

> Hi all.  I have been implementing a Windows Domain using Samba and LDAP
> and noticed that when validating a workstation, Samba would only check
> the /etc/passwd file and not LDAP.  I changed the pdb_ldap.c and
> srv_netlog_nt.c code so that if a workstation isn't in the /etc/passwd
> file, it will check LDAP.  I am attaching the two files.  Please respond
> to my email address with any comments, as I haven't subscribed to this
> mailing list.

This should be done via the nss_ldap layer in 2.2.  What server OS are you
using?  People have already commented on 3.0 so i'll leave it at that.





cheers, jerry
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