Pardon my confusion:
Does this mean the Samba guide is correct? If so why the difference between p 242 & 252?


TIA

John H Terpstra wrote:

On Sunday 13 March 2005 17:25, John Schmerold wrote:


p 242 says smb.conf should contain:
    ldap machine suffix = ou=People

p. 252 says /etc/smbldap-tools/smbldap.conf should contain
    computersdn="ou=Computers,${suffix}"

Is this correct or should they both read the same way - perhaps
ou=Computers ?



The problem is not LDAP or Samba. What you must accomodate is how through NSS you will resolve computer accounts to a UID. Since the only mechanism for looking up accounts is through the "passwd" facility this means that LDAP lookups must be made from a point in the LDAP directory tree that lies above both the ou=People and the ou=Computers. The alternative is to put the computer accounts in the ou=People container - this avoids the complexity as well as the huge performance hit of having to search two directory trees.


- John T.l


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