[Samba] ldap? Samba? Nss?

Ryan Suarez ryan.suarez at sheridanc.on.ca
Thu Aug 27 14:45:27 MDT 2009


Ryan Suarez wrote:
> Michal Dobroczynski wrote:
>> Hello,
>> If you want to avoid using get**** try setting "ldapsam:trusted =
>> yes". This way Samba will fetch user info directly from LDAP instead
>> of going through the getpwent and others which reaaaaaally pull a lot
>> of data. That should reduce the time needed to login a bit (at least
>> that worked for me).
>>   
> You're assuming that his samba is setup as a domain controller, not 
> simply a domain member.  And that it has write access to ldap with the 
> necessary attributes.

sorry I meant security=user or server, not domain member

> Scott, you need to provide more info.
>> Regards,
>> Michal
>>
>> 2009/8/27 Ryan Suarez <ryan.suarez at sheridanc.on.ca>:
>>  
>>> Just curious, Are you using samba with nss_ldap and pam_ldap for user
>>> lookups and authentication?
>>>
>>> sgmayo at mail.bloomfield.k12.mo.us wrote:
>>>    
>>>> It seems my logins are taking a long time to get logged in.  I am 
>>>> guessing
>>>> that it is worse when classes start and a lot of the kids try to 
>>>> login at
>>>> once.  My old server did not seem to have this problem though and 
>>>> we have
>>>> the same number of students.
>>>>
>>>> Where should I start looking at this?  I am guessing that it is 
>>>> ldap, but
>>>> want to make sure.
>>>>
>>>> If I log in at a computer and go to start->run and type \\server, 
>>>> it may
>>>> take 1-2 minutes until I can see my shares which is the same thing the
>>>> students are seeing when logging into the domain.  I just wanted to 
>>>> leave
>>>> any profile copying out of the equation so I just did it this way.
>>>>
>>>> I noticed this first on my batch user add program for adding users to
>>>> ldap/samba.  The program reads in the users and groups with 
>>>> getpwent and
>>>> getgrent and it really takes a long time.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions of what to start looking for would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>       
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