Do you already have a domain controller? If so, you can have samba authenticate using the NT domain controller. That's what I use here in our office, since all our client machines (6 Win95, 1 NT wkst) log on to our local domain. You just edit the smb.conf file and set these options:
encrypt passwords = true password server = <your domain controller> security = server It works like a charm. I know it will be best to have a "one-true authentication server" but don't despair. Actually, NT 5 (not the beta we have now--it doesn't include it) is going to replace the current "domain" paradigm entirely. NT is going to use X.500 directory services for it's user/passwords, domains, etc. As unbelievable as it is, they are going to replace their current crappy proprietary system with an actual ISO standard. For this reason if I were on the samba team I wouldn't even bother. I've never looked for it, but I'll better dollars to dimes you can download X.500 LDAP software for *nix from an anonymous ftp site right now. Until then I guess we can just cobble together solutions. Pere Camps wrote: > Jens, > > > Not at this time, at least not in the same way logging on to a domain works. > > In order to do this samba needs to be able to function as a "Domain > > Controller". The current version does not have this capability, though the > > samba team is working on this. > > What a pity... really. It would have easied up my work a lot. Is > there any approx. date for finishing it? > > > If you just want people running NT SP3 to be able to access samba shares, > > you'll need to get the sambades package available on non-us.debian.org. > > We'll probably will be using W95 if we can't get the advantage of > the passwords. > > Thanks a lot for the info! > > Salutacions, Pere ---- __o mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 2:343/108.91 ----- _`\<;_ http://casal.upc.es/~pere/ > PGP key available --- (_)/ (_) "Lo importante es el concepto" -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
