[Samba] Samba security setup in an NT domain with multiple domains

[John H Terpstra]

Mark,

Firstly, you will solve a lot by using "security = domain" and then
joining the machine to the domain as described in the Samba HOWTO.

Secondly, Samba-3.0.0 will make life much better. It is due into Beta test
within days.

- John T.

On Wed, 21 May 2003, Mark Schubert wrote:

> Dear Samba,
>
> We have a global NT network with multiple domains. We have a unix server
> from which we are just wanting to share some directories to the NT users. At
> this stage we use security=server and point the server to a domain
> controller. This works great for authentication in the local domain because
> our NT usernames match our unix usernames, so the users don't even need to
> enter a Samba specific username/password when opening up a share.
>
> However, for the other domains to get access to the server we are having
> some trouble. Usually we can see the server in the browse list, however we
> get errors like "Network path not found", or get a prompt for a
> username/password when trying to open a share.
>
> With my scant understanding of NT domains I believe this has to do with NT
> trusts. Is this true? Is there an easy way to approach this, bear in mind we
> really don't want to use smbpasswd because then the users need to remember
> and maintain another password.
>
> If the only way is to fix up the NT domains, what is required to do this?
>
> Please reply directly to me as I am not on the list.
>
> TIA,
> Mark
>
>

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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org