Hi Paul,(applies to linux) look at /etc/nsswitch.conf and the corresponding manpage, search google for nss. There are various modules out there (found one for mysql and radius).
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?Depends on your situation, if you have already users in mysql... but if you're starting from scratch, I'd recomend LDAP, as it provides nice features (replication, ACL's, authentication via SASL, TLS support,...)
I don't like NIS, it's very insecure, NIS+ might be better but I haven't looked at.
Yes. You can hold all info in your directory, replicate it for security and redundancy and let all your sambas authenticate against it (better use TLS for that ;)). With the hooks given by samba ( add user script, add machine script..) it is easier to automate most of the daily tasks.
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.0
hope this helps
Paul
Regards.
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