[Samba] Samba with NT4 authentication

[Chandra Sornam]

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig White [mailto:craigwhite at azapple.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 6:56 a.m.
To: chandra.sornam at stagecoach.co.nz
Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
Subject: RE: [Samba] Samba with NT4 authentication

On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 16:03 +1300, Chandra Sornam wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-bounces+chandra.sornam=stagecoach.co.nz at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-bounces+chandra.sornam=stagecoach.co.nz at lists.samba.org]
> On Behalf Of Craig White
> Sent: Tuesday, 17 October 2006 1:29 p.m.
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba with NT4 authentication
> 
> On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 08:43 +1300, Chandra Sornam wrote:
> > Have installed Samba 3 on a Linux box with Centos OS to be a file
> > server. Getting its authentication from a NT4 PDC. Have created
samba
> > shares and members of the NT4 PDC group can successfully access the
> > group. The only problem is users cannot authenticate their home
share
> on
> > the Linux server.
> > A webinfo -r of the domain user gives the uid of the group the user
is
> a
> > member of. The user can access the share successfully as well.
> > Have gone through the smb.conf and other config files, and done
> > extensive search on the net to figure out the problem but have hit a
> > blank wall. There are no noticeable errors in the log files that I
can
> > see either. 
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > CS
> > 
> > Config file as below
> > 
> > [global]
> >    workgroup = domain
> >         netbios aliases = test
> >         server string = test File Server
> >         security = DOMAIN
> >         password server = scnz-nt02 scnz-nt01
> ----
> how about 'getent passwd' ? does that enumerate the users from
winbind?
> 'getent group' ? does that enumerate the groups from winbind?
> 
> if so, does a users uid from winbind match the uid from their 'home'
> directory?
> 
> Craig
> 
> Hi Craig 
> 
> Thanks for your assistance. How do I check if the getent passwd/group
> enumerates against winbind,
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getent passwd

do Windows users show up?

getent group

do Windows groups show up?

Craig

Hi Craig

The user does show up 

getent passwd |grep user.kilbirnie

domain\user.kilbirnie:*:10345:10049

getent group |grep user.kilbirnie

domain\Domain Users:x:10049:

Thanks

Chandra