Re: LUG: Linux file server - Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:30:16 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: Linux file server

From : Chris Bullock <cgbullock@gmail.[redacted]>

Date : Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:30:16 -0500

For the password part have security = server where server is the name
of the Windows 2000 server. Create a unix and smb user with a shell
of /bin/false. By setting the security = server this will look at the
Windows 2000 server for the password. The samba username and Windows
password must be the same.

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:21:16 -0500, Viqas Chowdhury
<bubbles@linuxpowered.[redacted]> wrote:
> greetings
>
> im currently working in a windows 2000 active directory enviroment
> trying to setup a samba server.
>
> what i have so far setup is a server that has a machine account (that is
> the same as the windows username) and added a smbpasswd entry to match
> their active directory password
>
> so when they connect to the samba server they will see their home directory
>
> this so far works till their windows 2000 password expires
>
> what i would like to do is set up in a way that machine accounts dont
> have to be created when a user is added to AD
> and also have samba connect to the AD server for authentication.
To not have to create a smb user every time, I believe you would need
something like LDAP. I am not quite sure about this part
>
> anyone know of a good how to on how to do this?
>
> thank you
>
>
> viqas
>