On 18 Nov 2002 at 13:13, Brent Ross (Edm) wrote: > - Do I have to use PAM if all I want is to access the following Samba share from > my W2K clients?
No. - Should I install Samba configured using --with-winbind, or > --with-winbind-auth-challenge as well (I have tried both but neither work) - If It's irrelevant. > I do need PAM, I am reading conflicting info from the > /swat/help/PAM-Authentication-And-Samba.html file. It states "Note that Samba > always ignores PAM for authentication in the case of encrypt passwords = yes", > which I need if I am using security = domain - If I do not need PAM to you need security=domain. > Do I need to create user accounts on the samba server? (I hope not, I understand > that's what winbind is for) - Do I need to create any machine accounts? (Other > than joining the samba server to the domain.) You need to join the server to the domain, yes. You probably need to create local accounts. Try with one, try to access it. Take out the valid users until you can access it correctly, then tighten it. :-) You can't use all of the winbind features... I dream the day nsswitch is fully implemented on freebsd :-) ...:-=>> The freaking Mail Band <<=-:... [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba