[Samba] Re: Samba3 and eDirectory as LDAP - HELP

[Ulf Dettmer]

Hi,
i've got Samba3 running on SuSE 9.0 and eDir 8.7 as backend on a Sun. 
The eDir is indeed fully compatible with LDAP, you can e.g. do a 
'ldapsearch' to test it.
Did you already extend your eDirectory with the samba schema ( and maybe 
also RFC 2307 'posixAccount / posixGroup' )?
Your smb.conf should include lines like these:

	passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://dir-server, guest
	ldap admin dn = cn=proxy-user,ou=department,o=company,c=DE
	ldap suffix = ou=department,o=company,c=DE
	ldap group suffix = ou=Group
	# no SSL during testing - helps debugging
	ldap ssl = no
	ldap user suffix = ou=People

It is sometimes very helpful to capture the LDAP traffic ( port 389 ) 
with a network sniffer like Ethereal to analyze connection problems 
between samba and NDS.
I hope this helps !
regards, Ulf




Hanga Csaba schrieb:
> I've got problem with Samba3 when I want to connect to eDirectory. The samba
> could not connect to the local eDirectory server. The Samba and the eDir can
> be found on the same Linux box which is a SusSe 9.1. The eDir and the Samba
> are working pretty good but cant see each other. Is it possible to connect
> from Samba 3 to Novell's eDirectory ? What are the syntaxes to these lines
> in smb.conf:
> ldap suffix
> ldap admin dn
> ldap port
> ldap server
> ldap ssl
> 
> because the basic LDAP sysntax (sample:
> ou=People,dc=muppet,dc=cs,dc=dixie,dc=edu) seems to be not working for the
> Novell's eDir. I don't know why, because the Novell said that the eDir is
> full LDAP compatible ! Anybody can help me ? Anyone tried to authenticate
> from Samba to eDir ? Where can I fiind docs on the Web or anywhere else
> connection with this problem ?
> 
> Thanx very much
> Csaba Hanga (Hungary)
>