[Samba] Samba 4.2 : External authentification and rights access management ?

[Jeremy Allison]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 10:46:38AM +0100, Victor d'Agostino wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I am looking to replace a file sharing solution, based on webdav, by
> samba 4.2.
> 
> I’ve just read the technical notes on the wiki but couldyou tell me
> more about the technical feasibility of the following:
> 
> *1/* Can Samba 4.2 authenticate users through an already set
> external LDAP server rather than its own internal user/password
> database ?

No.

> *2/* Is it possible to customize the rights access management?
> Rather than using the Windows ACL, simply call an external program
> that will tell whether or not a user can access (or write) to files
> and directories.

and No.

> I already developed this addon for Webdav and previously Jlan which
> are php and java programs.

Sorry :-(.