LDAP & Samba

[Sean Elble]

Thanks a lot for the notes . . . I'll take a look at this ASAP! Thanks
again!

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 Sean P. Elble
 Systems/Network Engineer
 UNIX/Linux/Windows NT/2000
 SES Computer Systems
 elbles at sessys.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tarjei Huse" <tarjei at nu.no>
To: "Sean Elble" <elbles at sessys.com>
Cc: <samba at samba.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: LDAP & Samba


> Hi,
> > I am seriously considering switching over my authentication system from
the
> Go for it!
>
> > Will the schema file used by Samba also support UNIX users attempting to
> > authenticate? In other words, can I use the same LDAP server to
authenticate
> > both Windows and UNIX users? I know I can setup Linux to authenticate
> Yes. The howtos for samba-tng describes how to to this. Check:
> www.samba-tng/docs.html for an overview. Also, I think there's some in the
howto
> that follows the src.
>
> Basic message: Use the nss/pam-ldap tools from padl.com. RH makes this
very easy
> to set up.
>
> > this will work, what about Solaris? IRIX? I also have these systems, and
I
> > would like to have them authenticate against my LDAP database, once
setup,
> > as well.
> If they support pam, you should be fine.
>
> > Another question: will the Samba LDAP server setup also support being
able
> > to be accessed from a program like Outlook Express, for the retrival of
> > e-mail addresses, etc?
> Yes, but it's not very efficient.
>
>
> Another tip: www.bayour.com for an explanation of SASL.
>
> Tarjei