[Samba] Win 2000 Prof in workgroup with samba 2.2.2

[Davide Dozza]

Unfortunately samba is not a NIS master... The workaround I'm thinking 
is to replicate smbpasswd via NIS locally to the samba server.

Davide


Christian Barth wrote:

>>Uhm... this could be a problem because samba server uses NIS to get the 
>>passwords and there are some problem to keep NIS and smbpasswd 
>>synchronized. Aren't they?
>>
> This problems highly depend on the individuell network setup. If you 
> manage to be the NIS master and the samba password server (call it 
> PDC if you want, but to my knowlage you do not need the whole PDC 
> stuff for other samba servers to use "security = server") to be the 
> same machine, password (and account) syncronisation can be quite 
> easily set up and maintned. All shares (exepted netlogon) can be 
> supplied by a "NIS and smbpasswd client".
> 
> Christian
>  
> 
> 
>>Davide
>>
>>
>>Christian Barth wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>>this is the problem:
>>>>we have several Win2000 PRO SP2 working in workgroup (not joining the 
>>>>domain) with a unique local user.
>>>>The server Samba acts with security = user, with no encrypted password
>>>>and keeps the username/password of people who want to connect to it.
>>>>People log on the W2000 with the same username/password kept into samba 
>>>>server but when we map a network drive, the samba server asks for the 
>>>>password (ignoring username/password inserted with log on) and allows 
>>>>the user to mount the area.
>>>>Even if the map is persistent, every time the user logs off, W2000 
>>>>reasks for the password. It seems the the couple username/password used 
>>>>to access the workstation is not passed to the samba server when it try 
>>>>to connect for the first time after log on.
>>>>I know this is not a real problem but it is quite annoying, expecially 
>>>>if workstions own to management people.....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>To may knowlage, which is based on NT, this is a normal behavior of 
>>>windows: If you do not use encrypted passwords, windows doesn't store 
>>>the password. Solution: Set up encrypted passwords.
>>>
>>>Christian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Any sugestion?
>>>>
>>>>regards
>>>>
>>>>Davide Dozza
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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