I think taht we re doing something similar to what you want here. One server is acting as a PDC, the other server uses NIS to replicate the users and groups. Using pam, I create home dirs based on /etc/skel on login to the second server. On the first server I direct the home directory using full UNC paths to the second server. This seems to do the trick.
Hans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Rati" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Radio Gong 2000 GmbH & Co. KG [Technik]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [Samba] Help using multiple file servers > I'm not sure this will solve the problem I am looking at. I can see an > LDAP server for authentication (although I currently don't have one > setup and would prefer not to have to set one up), but how does an LDAP > server help with the home directory and profile serving? If a user logs > onto machine A which is on subnet A, then samba server A would > authenticate against the LDAP server and serve the home dir and profile. > What happens if the same user logs onto machine B which is on subnet > B? The samba server B would authenticate with the LDAP server, but > would the user's home directory and profile be served from server A? > Will the LDAP solution you suggest provide this ability? > > Ideally, I'd like all the users to be authenticated through one samba > server (let's say server A), and the home directories and profiles for > those users to be served from the authenticating server (server A) or an > alternate samba server (server B). > > Rob > > Radio Gong 2000 GmbH & Co. KG [Technik] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > the best way, I think, is to use LDAP for authenticating. So you've one > > server, which does all the stuff for you. > > > > The other way is to write a little and simple script, which "keeps the > > passwordfiles in sync": > > > > #!/bin/sh > > # 08-30-2000 > > # Synchronize the user accounts every night > > > > scp /etc/passwd 192.168.10.2:/etc/passwd > > scp /etc/shadow 192.168.10.2:/etc/shadow > > scp /etc/group 192.168.10.2:/etc/group > > scp /etc/gshadow 192.168.10.2:/etc/gshadow > > scp /etc/samba/smbpasswd 192.168.10.2:/etc/samba/smbpasswd > > > > cp -v /etc/passwd /data/backup/user/ > > cp -v /etc/shadow /data/backup/user/ > > cp -v /etc/group /data/backup/user/ > > cp -v /etc/gshadow /data/backup/user/ > > cp -v /etc/samba/smbpasswd /data/backup/user/ > > > > # END > > > > I installed an ssh-key, so a cronjob can do the job for me... > > Makes no sense but it's nice... > > > > :-) > > > > Greetings > > > > Sascha > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > _______________________________________________________ > All emails incoming and outgoing from SBS Forestry Inc. > are scanned by F-Prot Antivirus. _______________________________________________________ All emails incoming and outgoing from SBS Forestry Inc. are scanned by F-Prot Antivirus. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
