[Samba] Caching user accounts on a Linux portable

mathias dufresne infractory at gmail.com
Mon Dec 7 12:24:01 UTC 2015


In case of... SSSD comes also with a caching method. Using SSSD rather than
Winbind could help in certain cases...

2015-12-07 13:00 GMT+01:00 Nico De Ranter <nico.deranter at esaturnus.com>:

> Thanks!  That's exactly what I was looking for.
>
> Nico
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 11:57 AM, L.P.H. van Belle <belle at bazuin.nl> wrote:
>
> > Hai Nico,
> >
> > Yes, you can do the same for linux laptops.
> > Read : https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/PAM_Offline_Authentication
> >
> > And here is an example.
> >
> >
> https://www.clearos.com/resources/documentation/clearos/content:en_us:kb_howtos_add_linux_workstation_to_the_samba_domain
> >
> > Greetz,
> >
> > Louis
> > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > > Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Nico De
> Ranter
> > > Verzonden: maandag 7 december 2015 11:39
> > > Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
> > > Onderwerp: [Samba] Caching user accounts on a Linux portable
> > >
> > > I'm setting up a new Samba-based AD domain. The domain will be used to
> > > authenticate access to both Windows and Linux desktops and portables.
> > > When
> > > a Windows portable is not able to access the AD servers (e.g. you are
> > > using
> > > a portable outside of the office)  you can still happily logon using
> > > cached
> > > credentials (as long as the user logged on the pc at least once
> before).
> > > Is there a way to get the same behaviour on Linux?  I want my
> > linux-laptop
> > > users to be able to logon to their laptops even if they are not
> > connected
> > > to the network.  I know I can add local accounts to /etc/passwd but
> that
> > > kind of defeats the purpose of setting up an AD domain.
> > >
> > > Nico
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Nico De Ranter
> > >
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> >
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