[Samba] 2 (Suse), one NT 4 server machine and 5 user databases???

[Scott Simmons]

Ok I have all of it set but this part:
>keep in mind that you will need to configure NSSwitch and PAM to use 
>libnss_winbind and libpam_winbind - this will allow you to automatically 
>generate Linux accounts and authenticate them (and samba) against the PDC.

I have winbind working :)
Any pointers ??  I can send conf files if necessary.

-Scott



-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:phil at optimumdata.com]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 3:41 PM
To: Scott Simmons
Subject: Re: [Samba] 2 (Suse), one NT 4 server machine and 5 user
databases???


Scott Simmons wrote:
> Thanks for the info,  I'm a little confused on the PDC issues?  Will
> I have a Windows BDC and Linux/samba PDC or a Windows PDC and a 
> Linux/samba PDC?

If you go the LDAP route yes, you will.

> The article seem to through these terms around a little to much
> without addressing what machine they are running on.
> 
> Is there any gui from end to configure LDAP and Samba together.
> Webmin doesn't seem to have OpenLDAP support.  Sorry I seem stuck in
> a windows state of mind.  Please help me out of this nightmare. :)

Your best bet would be to make the Samba servers domain members:
http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/using_samba/ch04.html, scroll down to 
where you see "Samba as a Domain Member Server".

Keep in mind that you will need to configure NSSwitch and PAM to use 
libnss_winbind and libpam_winbind - this will allow you to automatically 
generate Linux accounts and authenticate them (and samba) against the PDC.

-- 

Phil Brutsche
phil at optimumdata.com