[Samba] ADS Authentication

[Jeremy Allison]

On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 02:29:29PM -0800, Tom Skeren wrote:
> I'm about ready to smash my head through a wall...I could use a few answers.
> 
> 1.  When using security = ads, and completing net ads join, it was my 
> understanding that samba authenticated username/pword against ads, and 
> local posix accounts were nolonger needed, is this true?

Yes, so long as you have nsswitch and pam set up correctly. It sounds
like you don't.

Jeremy.