Found that you don't need to include the ldap suffix on the ldap admin dn, that's one problem down.
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Robert Mottishaw <[email protected]> wrote: > Breaking it down more specifically, what values are needed for LDAP > authentication in SAMBA, in the smb.conf file? I have the following set in > /etc/sfw/smb.conf: > > # Backend to store user information in. New installations should > # use either tdbsam or ldapsam. smbpasswd is available for backwards > # compatibility. tdbsam requires no further configuration. > passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://xxx.xx.x.x:xxx > ldap admin dn = ??=??,?=??,?=?? > ldap group suffix = ou=groups > ldap user suffix = ou=people > ldap suffix = ?=??,?=?? > ldap server = xxx.xx.x.xx > ldap port = 389 > # ldap ssl = no > domain logons = no > > The x's and ?'s are to mask the real IP addresses and sensitive LDAP > information. The smb.conf worked great when using /etc/passwd as the > authentication database. > > Here's a bit from the SAMBA log.smbd log file, the same message repeated 15 > times: > > smbd/server.c:(1057) > ERROR: failed to setup guest info. > > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Robert Mottishaw <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Is there a link or document that gives a good introduction to using Sun >> Java One Directory Server 5.2 for LDAP authentication with SAMBA on Solaris >> 10? We have the schema loaded and have a functioning LDAP server with POSIX >> attributes. How does one specify LDAP is the backend database to use for >> SAMBA authentication? What attributes are necessary and which are not >> necessary for SAMBA use? >> >> Thank you, >> Rob M >> > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
