[Samba] Samba and LDAP backend - howto docs problems?

[Amandeep]

Hi
It happened to me for the windows xp and I had to install some patches 
to amke it work..don know for win 2k.....

Aman

Graham Leggett wrote:

> John H Terpstra wrote:
>
>>> Looking at the LDAP logs, I see that Samba is trying to do the 
>>> following
>>> LDAP search:
>>> (&(&(uid=admin)(objectClass=sambaSamAccount))(objectClass=sambaSamAccount)) 
>>>
>>>
>>> This search fails, because the ldif displayed in the howto does not
>>> include the sambaSamAccount objectclass in the admin object:
>>
>
> It seems the docs are describing setup for Samba v2.2, while I am 
> using v3.0.
>
> Are there docs for v3.0 anywhere?
>
>> Have you also checked chapter 2 of TOSHARG (The Official Samba-3 
>> HOWTO and
>> Reference Guide)?
>
>
> I think so. The docs I am looking at are at 
> http://samba.mirror.ac.uk/samba/docs/man/, which is apparently what 
> you're referring to, though the docs seem to be for v2.2.
>
>> Have you set up your scripts?
>>     - add user script
>>     - delete user script
>>     - add machine script
>>     - add group script
>>     - delete group script
>>     - add user to group script
>>     - etc.
>>
>> Have you test driven each manually to prove that it works?
>
>
> There is no reference to scripts in the docs for samldap, and I see no 
> error messages saying that anything is missing.
>
>> Have you configured nss_ldap and proven that it works?
>>     ie: getent passwd
>>         getent group
>
>
> Not yet - I don't want to fiddle with anything unix wise until I get 
> Samba working. Is it required for Samba to work?
>
>> Does:
>>     pdbedit -Lw
>>
>> list the users in the old smbpasswd format?
>
>
> No, it returns nothing (an empty list).
>
> Regards,
> Graham
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