"Ryan Novosielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jamrock wrote: > > "Ryan Novosielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> Is it required to use LDAP for both POSIX/UNIX accounts and for Samba, > >> or can one move only the smbpasswd file to LDAP without impacting the > >> standard UNIX passwd file at all? > > > > Interesting question. Just a little background info. so we are all on the > > same page. > > > > Each Samba user must have a Linux (POSIX) account in order to access the > > Linux machine. It must also have some Samba (Windows) information for it to > > work as a Windows domain controller. > > > > If you use the smbldap tools to manage the addition and deletion of users, > > they will add the POSIX and the Samba user info to the LDAP directory. This > > will happen because your add user script in the smb.conf file will point to > > the relevant smbldap add user script. > > > > You would typically configure the /etc/nsswitch.conf file to tell the Linux > > machine to look for user names and passwords in the LDAP directory. That > > way the user does not need to exist in the /etc/passwd file. > > > > So far so good. > > > > I understand from what you are saying that you want to > > separate the POSIX (Linux) information from the Samba information. You want > > to keep the POSIX information in the /etc/passwd file and the Samba > > information in the LDAP directory. Each user's authentication information > > will be stored in both locations. > > > > To do this you should not use the add user script from the smbldap tools. > > Instead use the standard Linux "add user" command in a script to add the > > user. I have done this in the past. It adds Samba info. to LDAP and > > creates the user account in the /etc/passwd file. > > > > Your smb.conf file should look something like > > > > add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -m '%u' > > > > add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -M '%u' > > > > add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd '%g' > > > > Typically I use the User Manager for Domains to add and delete users. Not > > sure how things will work with other tools. > > > > I guess you can use the smbldap tools to populate the LDAP database with the > > standard Windows users and groups but use the Linux commands in the add user > > script. > > > > I haven't tried this since the early versions of Samba 3.x. Let me know how > > it works out. > > Sounds rather much like what I'm looking for. I really don't use the add > user/group script right now anyway, just add machine. > > What is seems like you're saying is that I can migrate all of the stuff > from /etc/passwd to LDAP and then just never change nsswitch for UNIX > and only make Samba use the ldap, and setting the parameters as above.
Yes. In the early days I didn't understand how to use the smbldap scripts. So I ended up with that mixed configuration. I would not recommend it for a typical install of Samba though. Keeping everyting in LDAP makes it easy to backup user information. It also makes it easier to transfer user information to another server. However, it sounds as if it is a requirement in your environment. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
