----- Original Message ----- From: "Deryk Robosson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Glenn Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [Samba] PDC and remote login
> On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 04:04 pm, Glenn Robinson wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a Samba PDC sitting behind a Linux firewall/VPN server (using > > PoPToP). > > > > My remote users can log in to the VPN and they are assigned a local IP > > address in the same subnet as the local PC's and servers. > > > > I'd like these users to be able to log in to the Samba PDC domain when > > coming in via the VPN connection. > > > > How do I set up the client PC's (Win98 and 2000) to do this? > > > > I have DNS running internally and the Samba server is also running WINS. > > pptpd currently authenticates via pppd using pap or chap and can handle being > able to be passed domain login usernames (see also poptop documentation) but > in order to authenticate via samba or your pdc directly, you will need to > patch pppd. There was a discussion on this within the last week on the list > so check the archives. > > -- > Regards, > Deryk Robosson > > Robosson Business Services > 22 Flemington Street > Albany, WA 6330 > ABN: 56 728 377 499 > Phone: +61 4 0842 9835 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba That's not quite what I had in mind. If I understand correctly your saying that I can authenticate my VPN users against the Samba PDC smbpasswd file. What I'm more interested in is how, once the user has been authenticated with PoPToP and has been assigned an IP address, how they then authenticate themsleves against the Samba PDC so that their login script executes as normal. Thanks Glenn -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
