-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 09:05:44 -0400 > From: "Jamrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Samba] Re: Samba 3.0 and Active Directory Replication > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi Paul, > > >>> you may have read the docu but... anyway replacing /etc/passwd is >>> achieved by a different NSS source (could be ldap, nis, whatever). If >>> you gonna use LDAP as SAM backend you don't need /etc/samba/smbpasswd >>> anymore. (you need nss_ldap and possibly pam_ldap from padl.com) > > > Fine. I am currently going through the 385 page Samba manual. Where can I > find more info. about the other NSS sources? What are the > advantages/disadvantages of using another one? >
This is probably one of the better documents on LDAP available at present: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/ldap-auth2.php BTW, NIS is mostly of academic value now, people still running NIS will likely be looking to migrate to LDAP in the future. > With Samba 2.x we need to create the user in two places. I was just > checking to see if we could now create the user in just one. > This is not entirely true ... http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/samba-pdc.php This one may also be interesting: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/samba-ldap-advanced.php Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/G8WtrJK6UGDSBKcRAlF+AJsGDqp43RE/9QMy9ls2Jxo4boLZHwCeJ6i1 knisFMYUp47szyMezu3TIVs= =oSN8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ****************************************************************** -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
