> I have 1 Samba 3.0 server with LDAP 2.1.23 running on backend from the same machine. 
> These are both RedHat 8.0. I have 2 other servers I would like to use the same LDAP 
> directory. I used net join to join the servers to the domain. Prior to joining the 
> domain the the servers had no SID. After using net join they got a new SID (net 
> getlocalsid). In the LDAP directory what SID base should be attached to users and 
> computers that I add? The original Domain SID?

You should really add users VIA samba,  or at least the sambaSamAccount
objectclass.  This will work if you already have a posixAccount
objectclass.  It will generate the SID based upon the domain SID and the
uidNumber/gidNumber.

> I may have messed this up. What I want to do is set up the second 2 servers as 
> member servers in the domain, and put user accounts with home directories on them. 
> User uses LDAP to authenticate to member server. So far I can create an account and 
> login in but I am unsure if I m using the SID for the user correctly.

Let Samba set the SID.

> What is a recommended for master slave LDAP servers that are used primarily for 
> authentication to Samba servers. Should I set up a slave LDAP server for the member 
> servers? These member servers would be located in separate buildings. The main 
> server has about 1000 user accounts, and member servers about 120 each when finished.

Eh?  User accounts exist in the SAM,  in this case LDAP - everywhere. 
Slaves are just replicas of the master for redundancy and performance.

>  At any one time I anticipate 20-30% will be logged in during peak hours.
> 
> Any help that anyone can give me on this I'd appreciate. This is a fairly large 
> installation that eventually will span 8 building each with there own Samba server 
> but authenticating to a single OpenLDAP directory.

Make a master LDAP on the PDC,  load all the users.
Join the member servers to the domain.
Create LDAP replicas on several/all member servers.
Setup NSS on the member servers to use their local/near-by LDAP replica.

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