On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 4:47 PM, John Drescher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Jesse Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> This is my first post and I am relatively new with Linux. >> >> I am attempting to do three things and I'm hoping for advice: >> >> 1) Intergrate Samba fully with MySQL (unless another database would be >> considered better for this task). One of the things I've always had trouble >> with Linux is that everything is seperate. I understand that provides >> flexibility but I would like to configure my system (Ubuntu 8.04) so that >> everything is intragrated into 1 single database. This includes SSH, Shell >> Access, VPN, VNC, ect. >> >> 2) I have configured an OpenVPN server that I would like to provide shares >> to via Samba. The problems I'm running into is A) The OpenVPN is configured >> to be on a seperate subnet than the rest of my network. I want to configure >> Samba (and only Samba, not the rest of the machines in my network) to appear >> under Network Neighborhood to provide share access. The main thing is that >> I do not want VPN users to see any of my machines that sit outside the VPN >> even if (through Samba) they obtain data from them. >> >> 3) I've been researching setting Samba as a domain controller for my >> Windows machines (and other Linux machines?). I would like this to be used >> for the VPN as well. Instead of me required to create actual users on my >> system and then disabling SSH access. I would like to be able to add users >> via MySQL and indicate that they are VPN users and should have limited >> access. >> >> For me, this is a learning process and I do not expect detailed instructions >> in how to acomplish this. I would just like guidance (web sites would be >> great) that would help me acomplish this goal. What I do NOT want to do is >> have to setup two seperate instances of Samba, 1 for the VPN and 1 for the >> rest of the network. >>
Why do you need MySQL to do this when LDAP does all of this without much effort? -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
