question: samba file sharing with ldap user db without having "unix users"?

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Ben Gras wrote:

> All,
>
> Suppose I want to build a file server that will let users share
> their files using samba, but without requiring them having an entry
> in a passwd file, to make adding & removing users a bit less
> error/security-bug prone.. the samba server could set it's uid to
> the uid in the ldap directory for that user to allow the FS to
> seperate each other's files using uid's..
>
> Building samba-2.2.2 --with-ldapsam stil requires a unix passwd file
> entry, AFAICS..

No.  They don't have to be in /etc/passwd.  btw...if you are interested in
the LDAP code, please look at the latest SAMBA_2_2 cvs code.  The code
has been fixed a good bit.  You need to obtain a uid for the user
in some way (i.e. nss_ldap).







chau, jerry
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