> Message: 16 > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 20:58:20 -0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Bill Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Samba] auth. samba users against Win2K AD > > Hi All, > > We have a mixed Win2K and Linux environment, and we run Samba 2.2.3a on > SuSE 8.0 Linux. Assume you have users who have to access a share on Samba of > say /foo/bar, and the users are part of group 'somegrp' (they have > permissions to > modify stuff in /foo/bar, btw). > > Now, assume said users exist on Win2K AD, is there any way to get Samba to > authenticate against Win2K when they go for access to the the share, rather > than > have to change passwords on both Samba and Win2k so that they match? >
Yes, join the machine to the Win2k domain (as root): smbpasswd -j <DOMAIN> -U <Domain Admin account> -r <Domain Controller> You will still have to make the accounts. This you can get around using Winbind ( try 'man winbindd' for more info). Buchan -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
