-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mike Cleghorn wrote: > Doug, > > Is the sarcasm and condescension really necessary?
I thought the original author was trolling and I bit. Rereading I see he was referring to password changing as rigmarol not configuring samba. So OK, it would seem sarcastic. For the public record, I owe you an apology Ben, my bad. But I won't cop to the condescension. I was being straightforward. Regards, Doug > I mean, point him in the direction of the docs by all means (which you did, > great) with perhaps an RTFM for good measure but i'm not sure that i'd > describe fully integrating Linux logins with AD (which is what i think Ben is > trying to do) as "fill in a few details". As someone who comes from a > Windows background, the first foray into Linux is intimidating at best. This > kind of "how dare you ask such an elementary question" response doesn't help > anyone. > > Ben, > > Your questions are kind of general. The doco for the most part is a pretty > good guide, the samba.org web-site has links to pretty much everything you > need. If you have more specific questions, you will (hopefully) get more > useful answers. > > Ben Ladd wrote: >> Update: > >> Each time we set up a new user on the system, passwords need changing on the >> AD and the samba server. Is there a way to set permissions for the samba >> from the AD so that we do not need to go through this rigmarole? (most >> problematic at the start of a new school year). > > rig·ma·role (r-g'mY-rMl') pronunciation also rig·a·ma·role (-Y-mY-rMl') > n. > 1. Confused, rambling, or incoherent discourse; nonsense. > 2. A complicated, petty set of procedures. > > Most of us here on this list don't consider this an accurate perspective > of the documentation. > http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ > or the following ubuntu link are pretty well thought out and elucidated. > >>> I completed this part of my task - >>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=280702. It works perfectly for me. >>> I am amazed that I did not find it earlier. > >> My aim is to also have some linux (probably k/ubuntu) boxes that >> authenticate on the network using standard AD credentials. I have tried in >> vain to find a way to introduce a single point of authentication, I have >> looked at kerberos, winbind and LDAP. I consider myself a good network >> technician, but the introduction of linux into a domain has thrown me. Is >> there a an easy way to integrate a linux fileserver with a windows >> controlled domain with both linux and windows clients? > > Depends on what you mean by easy. A lot of intelligent, committed > individuals have done all the hard work of overcoming the barriers > erected by Microsoft to true interoperability. All you have to do is > fill in a few details nowadays. I think a word that describes this > process might be tedious. Do you define tedious as hard? > >>> I am probably going to go with a kerberos and winbind mechanism to get this >>> working. Hold out guys - Anything is possible! > > Follow one of the procedures, get to a point you can say this works, > this doesn't, here is the configuration, any suggestions. There was a > change in the implementation for winbind backends relatively recently > and the documentation (and swat) is behind on this. Idmap_ad, > idmap_ldap, idmap_nss, idmap_rid, and idmap_tdb. See: > http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/ > You'll need to investigate how you want to map windows users and groups > to unix users and groups and pick one technique. Look to password sync > options to resolve your other issue. > > Regards, Doug -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHPUftFqWysr/jOHMRAqlbAJ9uMfflkG2BMEcknM9HnhJuGXtaigCgqOUi hzduwfDP9bI/F6RXnvUAAAA= =CkBX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
