[Samba] Basic question for user/pass authentication

[Chris Weiss]

at the most basic level a domain is a workgroup with a central auth
server, so yes, you set the samba workgroup to the domain

you can manually maintain linux users, which you will find fiddly and
tedious, or you can join the samba server to the domain as well and
have it use the central auth server too

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:57 PM, J. L. Cabral <jelocabral at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear, I've seen an implementation where the Windows desktops belong to
> "Company.com" domain and the Samba server was a stand-alone server
> with workgroup = "SALES", and Windows clients access to Samba
> resources succesfully.
>
> I mean here the Samba's workgroup is different from Windows' domain,
> so is this implementation ok ???
>
> Thanks again
>
> JeLo
>
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Bob Miller <bob at computerisms.ca> wrote:
>> On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 15:01 -0300, J. L. Cabral wrote:
>>> Dear, If I have a Windows XP box joined to a Domain called "Company"
>>> with a user "Jelo" I as you:
>>>
>>> Do I have to put Workgroup = Company in smb.conf ???
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>>
>>> And do I have to use the same passwords for the Windows and
>>> Linux/Samba users ???
>>
>> In a domain context, this question doesn't make sense to me.  You don't
>> really have windows users in a domain, you have domain users.
>> I found just about everything I needed to know about samba and domains
>> here:
>> http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>
>>> JeLo
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Bob Miller <bob at computerisms.ca> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> What can be the problem ??? Do I have to use for Samba the same
>>> >> password as used in Windows or not ???
>>> >
>>> > I have found that it is just easier to use the same credentials for each
>>> > user on all machines in a workgroup.  Windows is pretty quirky about
>>> > when it will allow you to use alternate credentials, in my experience,
>>> > and Windows always prefers to use the credentials of the user who is
>>> > logged in.
>>> > Also, check your smb.conf, there are directives that can lock you out
>>> > regardless of correct user credentials or file permissions, (valid users
>>> > might be there without your user listed, for example).
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks a lot,
>>> >>
>>> >> JeLo
>>> >
>>> > Bob Miller
>>> > 334-7117/660-5315
>>> > http://computerisms.ca
>>> > bob at computerisms.ca
>>> > Network, Internet, Server,
>>> > and Open Source Solutions
>>> >
>>> >
>>
>> Bob Miller
>> 334-7117/660-5315
>> http://computerisms.ca
>> bob at computerisms.ca
>> Network, Internet, Server,
>> and Open Source Solutions
>>
>>
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