[Samba] By Example Chapter 9 question

[John H Terpstra]

On Sunday 13 March 2005 17:25, John Schmerold wrote:
> p 242 says smb.conf should contain:
>      ldap machine suffix = ou=People
>
> p. 252 says /etc/smbldap-tools/smbldap.conf should contain
>      computersdn="ou=Computers,${suffix}"
>
> Is this correct or should they both read the same way - perhaps
> ou=Computers ?

The problem is not LDAP or Samba. What you must accomodate is how through NSS 
you will resolve computer accounts to a UID. Since the only mechanism for 
looking up accounts is through the "passwd" facility this means that LDAP 
lookups must be made from a point in the LDAP directory tree that lies above 
both the ou=People and the ou=Computers. The alternative is to put the 
computer accounts in the ou=People container - this avoids the complexity as 
well as the huge performance hit of having to search two directory trees.

- John T.l
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John H Terpstra
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