[Samba] Log on to Samba 4 AD DC using domain user

[steve]

On Mon, 2013-09-23 at 10:00 -0600, jared.m.jacobson at L-3com.com wrote:
> Hi, all,
> 
>  
> 
> I am having trouble figuring out how to log on to a Samba 4 AD DC using
> any AD domain account.  Has anyone had success doing this?  If so, is
> there a guide somewhere? 

Hi
Each domain user must have a uidNumber and a gidNumber to be able to
authenticate to a Linux system such as Samba4. You can use winbind,
nss-ldapd or sssd to do that. I'd recommend storing the numbers in AD
and pulling them direct rather than a separate mapping.

HTH
Steve