Hello-- I'm working my way through setting up an email server for faculty and staff use at the school my wife teaches at, and while not a Linux whiz, am making good progress so far. The school has a NT 4 server which is used for domain authentication, and I am trying to grapple with whether I can achieve the "holly grail" of synchronized passwords between the email server on Linux and the NT server.
Looking at using winbind it appears that there are two potential issues: 1. The usernames from Linux perspective will be DOM+USERNAME. I could get around half the problem this presents with email aliases, but users will have to learn to log in using this format. 2. Home directories. This is something that I was not quite clear on from the docs. They say: ================================= template homedir When filling out the user information for a Windows NT user, the winbindd daemon uses this parameter to fill in the home directory for that user. If the string %D is present it is substituted with the user's Windows NT domain name. If the string %U is present it is substituted with the user's Windows NT user name.Default: template homedir = /home/%D/%U template shell When filling out the user information for a Windows NT user, the winbindd daemon uses this parameter to fill in the shell for that user.Default: template shell = /bin/false ================================= Is an actual home directory built for the user (in which I could store email), or is it just an shell that is created on a temporary basis? Those are the issues I can see from here; maybe the list will see more. I'm planning on using qmail + courier-imap + squirrelmail and have a test setup working of these on another machine. Thanks for your insight and expertise, Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
