Re: OpenBSD server with samba and openldap

2009-05-15 Thread BSD nuub
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Pedro Almeida palme...@securenetworks.pt wrote: This was probably true by the time of this document write, but hopefully things change over time. Please take a look at ypldap(8). I think it solves the problem you refer. There are some small issues, but I bet

Re: OpenBSD server with samba and openldap

2009-05-15 Thread Leonardo Rodrigues
Hi, I've set up an OpenBSD PDC server for a client, serving some 40 computers, and did not encounter that performance issue you mentioned. I did not use OpenLDAP, relying instead on tdbsam and unix accounts. It runs OpenBSD 4.4 with samba from packages. Also, as some have mentioned, some

OpenBSD server with samba and openldap

2009-05-14 Thread BSD nuub
Dear misc@ readers, I'm planning to set up a OpenBSD 4.5 based server serving a local network with Windows XP based client computers. There's no mention of this in the OpenBSD faq, but I found a nice guide that seems to be pretty recent and up-to-date.

Re: OpenBSD server with samba and openldap

2009-05-14 Thread Pedro Almeida
On May 14, 2009, at 9:25 AM, BSD nuub wrote: On this page, there's something that bothers me: Please note that, though Samba account information will be stored in LDAP, smbd(8) will still obtain the user's UNIX account information via the standard C library calls, such as getpwnam() (see

Re: OpenBSD server with samba and openldap

2009-05-14 Thread Paul M
I recall seeing in the samba docs that setting the account info in samba could optionally also add the entries on the unix side - meaning you only need to set set it once. I'm hazy on the details, perhaps look into alternatives to using LDAP. When I've done this I've always entered them

Re: OpenBSD server with samba and openldap

2009-05-14 Thread richardtoohey
Quoting Paul M l...@no-tek.com: I recall seeing in the samba docs that setting the account info in samba could optionally also add the entries on the unix side - meaning you only need to set set it once. I'm hazy on the details, perhaps look into alternatives to using LDAP. When I've done