integrating samba with an NT domain controller

[Jansen, Eric]

Don, all,

Do you know what I have to do to work with passwords on an MPE/iX system?
Can I work with the /etc/passwd file? How do I create it?
Can I work with the sambapasswd tool?
Can I still work with MPE passwords?

Happy holidays,
TIA,

Eric Jansen
Technical Consultant
Computer Design & Integration, LLC
696 Route 46 West, Teterboro, NJ  07608
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MCCALL,DON (HP-USA,ex1) [mailto:don_mccall at hp.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 9:25 AM
> To: 'Daniel_Casey at jbhunt.com'; samba at us5.samba.org
> Subject: RE: integrating samba with an NT domain controller
> 
> 
> Hi Daniel,
> No, actually it's pretty easy.
> In your smb.conf file, change the following lines (or add 
> them, if they are
> not there):
> workgroup = <your nt domain>
> security = domain
> encrypt passwords = yes
> password server = (your NT domain controller netbios name)
> 
> From Server Manager on your nt domain, add you samba netbios name as a
> machine account (NT Workstation type, not backup).
> 
> Then you will need to run smbpasswd -j <nt domainname> -r 
> <your NT domain
> controller netbios name>
> 
> You will still require a username in the /etc/passwd or nis 
> database for all
> of you NT users that you expect to access shares on the Unix 
> box, but if
> there only access will be via samba, you won't need to administer any
> passwords for them, except in the nt domain where they are logging in.
> 
> I would suggest you take a look at the 'Using Samba' book 
> from O'Reilly
> publishing; Chapter six goes into more detail on how this 
> works.
> If you go to the url
>    http://us2.samba.org/samba/oreilly/using_samba/
> you can view the entire text online, and there is also a link to 
> purchase the book (which I would advise, as it is the best 
> reference for a
> Samba Administrator I have seen).
> 
> Hope this helps get you started,
> Don
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel_Casey at jbhunt.com [mailto:Daniel_Casey at jbhunt.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 3:37 PM
> To: samba at us5.samba.org
> Subject: integrating samba with an NT domain controller
> 
> 
> Is it a big ordeal to tell the Samba server
> on my Sun box to start using an NT PDC?
> 
> Does our NT server group have to do anything
> on their end?
> 
> And, if I were to start using the NT PDC for
> userid/password authentication, would I have
> to do any userid/password management on the
> Unix box?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Daniel
> 
>