[Samba] Samba as fileserver on Active Directory domain

Ivan Ordonez iordonez at berkeley.edu
Mon Oct 5 14:34:46 MDT 2009


I was able to install 3.3.8 version of Samba.  I am running it now.  I 
can see shares, but could not write at all. 

ACL seems simple but I can't get it to work.  Any help or advise would 
be greatly appreciated.

Robert LeBlanc wrote:
> The changes have not made it into a 3.3.x release yet, 3.3.7 was a 
> security release, ideally 3.3.8 should have the fix. There were quiet 
> a number of configuration changes from 3.0.x to 3.3.x in regards to 
> Active Directory, you may not be able to use you old config without 
> updating some things.
>
> Robert LeBlanc
> Life Sciences & Undergraduate Education Computer Support
> Brigham Young University
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Ivan Ordonez <iordonez at berkeley.edu 
> <mailto:iordonez at berkeley.edu>> wrote:
>
>
>     I am using Samba version 3.0.36.  When I upgraded to 3.3.7, I got
>     some "realm" complaints when I run testparm and some "ADS" 
>     related error.  The 3.3.7 version is masked by Gentoo portage and
>     not sure if it will be available soon.
>
>     Thanks,
>     -Ivan
>
>
>     Robert LeBlanc wrote:
>>     What version of samba are you using? I submitted a patch to Samba
>>     that is in 3.4.1 and slated for the next version of 3.3.x that
>>     fixes the workgroup/realm thing. It falls back to SPEGO without
>>     the patch, but it takes a little while, the patch speeds things up.
>>
>>     Robert LeBlanc
>>     Life Sciences & Undergraduate Education Computer Support
>>     Brigham Young University
>>
>>
>>     On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Jonathan Petersson
>>     <jpetersson at garnser.se <mailto:jpetersson at garnser.se>> wrote:
>>
>>         How did you solve the kerberos portion how things, when
>>         winbind tries
>>         to connect to my server the kerberos sessions fails as it
>>         tries to
>>         connect with the workgroup instead of the realm.
>>
>>         Thanks
>>
>>         /Jonathan
>>
>>         On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Ivan Ordonez
>>         <iordonez at berkeley.edu <mailto:iordonez at berkeley.edu>> wrote:
>>         >
>>         >
>>         > Jonathan Petersson wrote:
>>         >>
>>         >> Hi Ivan,
>>         >>
>>         >> I'm working on a similar thing but is having some issues
>>         with the
>>         >> kerberos sessions between samba and AD. Is your Samba
>>         server a member
>>         >> of a Win2k8R2 or a Win2k3 domain?
>>         >>
>>         >> Thanks
>>         >>
>>         >> /Jonathan
>>         >>
>>         >> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Ivan Ordonez
>>         <iordonez at berkeley.edu <mailto:iordonez at berkeley.edu>>
>>         >> wrote:
>>         >>
>>         >>>
>>         >>> Robert LeBlanc wrote:
>>         >>>
>>         >>>>
>>         >>>> What are the permissions on /shared/drive? We use ACLs
>>         to control access
>>         >>>> rather than smb.conf. This gives us great flexability
>>         and you can kind
>>         >>>> of
>>         >>>> manage it using a Windows machine. If you have Kerberos
>>         keytab
>>         >>>> generated,
>>         >>>> you can smbmount on Linux using the -o sec=krb5 and no
>>         passwords are
>>         >>>> needed,
>>         >>>> it also obeys ACL. The only catch is that you need to
>>         use RID or LDAP
>>         >>>> for
>>         >>>> uid/gid mapping or else your permissions won't line up.
>>         >>>>
>>         >>>> Robert LeBlanc
>>         >>>> Life Sciences & Undergraduate Education Computer Support
>>         >>>> Brigham Young University
>>         >>>>
>>         >>>>
>>         >>>> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Ivan Ordonez
>>         <iordonez at berkeley.edu <mailto:iordonez at berkeley.edu>
>>         >>>> <mailto:iordonez at berkeley.edu
>>         <mailto:iordonez at berkeley.edu>>> wrote:
>>         >>>>
>>         >>>>   Hello,
>>         >>>>
>>         >>>>   We have a Gentoo box running Samba and is a member of
>>         the Active
>>         >>>>   Directory domain. This Gentoo box will be a fileserver
>>         when
>>         >>>>   everything is completed and setup as it should.  I
>>         want our users
>>         >>>>   to login to their computer (Computers are all members
>>         of the same
>>         >>>>   Active Directory domain) using Active Directory
>>         accounts/domain
>>         >>>>   for authentication. I am using Winbind for Active
>>         Directory
>>         >>>>   authentication/integration. I'm almost done except
>>         file permission
>>         >>>>   issue.  All is working smoothly (ie. wbinfo,
>>         smbclient, getent,
>>         >>>>   etc.). I can access/map the shared drive on the Gentoo
>>         box from
>>         >>>>   any Windows computer, login to a machine without a
>>         problem using
>>         >>>>   Active Directory accounts.  The Active Directory
>>         authentication
>>         >>>>   with Winbind is working as it should.
>>         >>>>
>>         >>>>   For some odd reason, I can't figure out how to give
>>         permissions to
>>         >>>>   all users the ability to make changes/add new folders
>>         on the
>>         >>>>   shared drive. I am getting access denied even when the
>>         users or
>>         >>>>   group are valid users of the shared drive per
>>         smb.conf.  Below is
>>         >>>>   my smb.conf shared configuration:
>>         >>>>
>>         >>>>   [shared]
>>         >>>>         comment = shared
>>         >>>>         path = /shared/drive
>>         >>>>         read only = no
>>         >>>>         inherit permissions = yes
>>         >>>>         create mask = 755
>>         >>>>         directory mask = 755
>>         >>>>         valid users = @"MYDOMAIN+mygroup"
>>         >>>>         browseable = yes
>>         >>>>         writable = yes
>>         >>>>
>>         >>>>   Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>         >>>>
>>         >>>>   -Ivan
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>>         >>>>
>>         >>>
>>         >>> Hi,
>>         >>>
>>         >>> The files and folders on the shared drive are owned by
>>         local Linux
>>         >>> account.
>>         >>>  The permissions are read, write and execute by the
>>         owner, read and write
>>         >>> by
>>         >>> group and all.  I was hoping that smb.conf will control
>>         the shared drive
>>         >>> access but having a hard time doing so.  I would like to
>>         use ACL if that
>>         >>> is
>>         >>> the best way to make it work.   Would you mind giving me
>>         few pointers or
>>         >>> point me to the right direction to get started on ACL?  I
>>         am no LDAP
>>         >>> expert
>>         >>> but I think I can get by if I have to use it.
>>         >>>
>>         >>> Thanks!
>>         >>>
>>         >>> -Ivan
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>>         >>>
>>         >>>
>>         >
>>         > Hi Jonathan,
>>         >
>>         > Our Samba server is a member of Win2k8R2 domain.
>>         > Thanks,
>>         > -Ivan
>>         >
>>
>>
>


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