[Samba] Usage of the machine account for ldapsearch

Stefan Kania stefan at kania-online.de
Wed Feb 4 11:43:18 UTC 2026


Hi Matthias,

first you need to create a keytab for your principal with:

samba-tool domain exportkeytab --principal=youraccount at YOUR.REALM /path/for/keytab/youraccount.keytab

Then, if you want to use the keytab for authentication with the ldap-tools do

kinit -k -t /path/for/keytab/youraccount.keytab youraccount

create a ldap.conf with the right URI and BASE then do a

ldapsearch

without any arguments this should list all the Objects youraccount has prmission to see.



Am 04.02.26 um 07:45 schrieb Matthias Kühne | Ellerhold Aktiengesellschaft via samba:
> I can run kinit 'TEST-SERVER$@AD.ELLERHOLD.LAN' and it prompts me for a
> PW. There must be a keytab somewhere on this server that I can use, right?

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