[Samba] multiple workgroups from one Samba server? more

[Matt Easton]

Sorry to reply to my own post.


On Jul 13, 2005, at 8:50 AM, Matt Easton wrote:

>
> On Jul 13, 2005, at 2:27 AM, <david-e.hansen at ubs.com> wrote:
>

>>  
>> On Windows machine ABC:
>>  
>> \\net use X: \\servername\sharename /user:domainname\username
>>  
>> On Windows machine XYZ:
>>
>>
>> \\net use X: \\servername\sharename /user:otherdomainname\username
>>
>
> Uhm, I hope that using X: in both lines was a typo, you aren't going  
> to mount different shares on the same letter.
>

Pardon me, I misspoke.  Of course you can use the same drive letter on  
different workstations.


>> I.e. I was hoping that the same Samba server, could "service"  
>> multiple Windows workgroups. I think you've answered my question  
>> already, i.e. that this is not possible, and we would need a 2nd  
>> Samba server to service the user accounts on the 2nd windows  
>> workgroup. Is this the case?
>>
>
> Actually, there have been threads on the samba list about running  
> multiple workgroups on one server.  You essentially run a second  
> instance with its own smb.conf file.  Look at the man page for smbd, I  
> believe the -s option for smbd allows you to specify the smbd file
>

	Authenticating against 2 domains housed on the same server.
  and
	Sharing the same share with members of 2 domains.
	
are different questions.

Inter-domain trusts may be what you want.
http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ 
InterdomainTrusts.html