[Samba] Samba with Domain User accounts

[Tim Kelley]

On Friday 07 November 2003 5:08 pm, anth jaz wrote:
> I am trying to find an option to M$ file server under Linux.
> Everything to this point is M$. Whether anybody goes for it or not, I
> would like to put the option out there for choice. One of the
> important necessities is that this doesn't become any more
> complicated for the EU. As soon as you say Linux to the bosses they
> think more complex for the user and the users have trouble enough
> logging in to there computers. I am a Linux newbie trying to become
> more efficient. At present, I am using RH9, Samba 3, and have
> security = Domain and have joined the domain successfully. I have a
> user joe created on the Linux/Samba server and when user joe logs
> onto his Win2k computer on the NT domain he can access the Samba
> share I have configured like this:

 Yes, you need to use winbind, which came with your samba distribution.  
Winbind add the domain users to the unix environment, so you don't need 
unix accounts for them to log in.  Otherwise, you would need a file to 
map windows users to unix users.