[Samba] Use LDAP for passwords ONLY

[Garey]

Donny Brooks <dbrooks <at> mdah.state.ms.us> writes:

> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > Am 03.10.2013 18:17, schrieb Garey:
> > > > I am trying to figure out if I can setup samba to verify only passwords
> > > > against LDAP and keep everything else local.
> > > 
> > > Can you be a bit more specific what you intend to do?
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > Marc
> > 
> > I want all group and user info local on the samba server, but verify
> > passwords against LDAP. So the only thing LDAP is used for is verify the
> > password. 
> 
> LDAP still will need a username to go with the password. Could you tell us
exactly why you want users local
> instead of in LDAP?

Large corporate LDAP server that keeps passwords. Just want to use it for
passwords so users don't have another one to keep track of. But I need to
control the users who can access the server and local groups that set their
rights to information.