[Samba] windows 2000/xp authentication through samba/ldap?

[Wolfgang Ratzka]

Mike schrieb:

> I run the computers in a small shop and want to change my users
> from using the local accounts on their windows boxes to a central
> account managed through ldap (openldap). I now have samba working
> with ldap and using ldap for authenticating shares as windows users
> ask for those shares to be mounted to their workstations. What I
> want is for the initial ctl-alt-del login to authenticate through
> samba to ldap. 

What you want to do is, set up a domain controller. Look at the
Chapter "Making Happy Users" in the "Samba by Example" book
available on the Samba web site. (This is not for a small shop but
covers using LDAP as a password backend.)

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