[Samba] Samba with NT4 authentication

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 09:49 +1300, Chandra Sornam wrote:
> 
> -----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,
> ----
> 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:
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is 'kilbirnie' home folder actually owned by user.kilbirnie ?  I am
unclear about the user. prefix

Craig