[Samba] Can Samba integrate with NIS?

[Christian Barth]

> Galella, Anthony wrote:
> 
> >I have a FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE server running as an NIS slave and client. 
> >The machine is also accessed through Samba from windows PCs 
> >Is it possible to set samba to authenticate users with their NIS
> >username/password?
> >
> 
> Only if you turn off encrypted passwords in Samba.
> I'm currently doing it this way with one client.  Works great.
> 
> >
> >Do I still have to use smbpasswd?  Is there a way to automate, so NIS users
> >will automatically have Samba access?

If you do not use encrypred passwords (you don't need the PDC stuff 
and you are on a private network), NIS is fine for samba 
authentication, no smbpasswd needed.

 
> We're setting up scripts to use rsync to replicate smbpasswd to the 
> multiple hosts,
> it's described briefly in the docs that ship with Samba.

With encrypred passwords you can use "security = server" in smb.conf 
and NIS for the accounts. No need to replicate smbpasswd. Alos look 
into "security = domain"

Christian


> >
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Anthony J. Galella
> >anthony.galella at intel.com
> >
> 
> 
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