We do this all the time. You just need three lines in your /etc/smb.conf file:
security = server password server = <dns name of NT password server> encrypt passwords = yes "Christmas is a funny season. What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?" Gordon Wolfe, Ph.D. (425)865-5940 VM Technical Services, The Boeing Company > ---------- > From: John Summerfield > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 7:08 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SAMBA help > > > is there a way to authenticate SAMBA users against a NT PDC without > > creating an entry in /etc/passwd > > The other day when I was reading the Samba docs they say you can. > > > # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See > # security_level.txt for details. > security = user > > and in /usr/share/doc/samba-2.2.1a/docs/textdocs/security_level.txt > Note: Samba-2.0.0 now adds the "domain" security mode. Please refer to > the smb.conf man page for usage information and to the document > docs/textdocs/DOMAIN_MEMBER.txt for further background details. > > Of the above, "security = server" means that Samba reports to clients > that > it is running in "user mode" but actually passes off all authentication > requests to another "user mode" server. This requires an additional > parameter "password server =" that points to the real authentication > server. > That real authentication server can be another Samba server or can be a > Windows NT server, the later natively capable of encrypted password > support. > > > So, read the docus;-) Try www.samba.org if you don't have them locally. > > > -- > Cheers > John Summerfield > > Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ > > Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my > disposition. > >
