[PLUG] Samba, LDAP, and my sanity.

[Matt Alexander]

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Jeme A Brelin wrote:

> 
> OK, here's the sitch, kids:
> 
> I have this samba server.  It has LDAP installed and (I think) configured.
> It has smbldap tools installed and (I think) configured and working.
> 
> I'm trying to make it DO something that seems useful.
> 
> What I REALLY want is a simple server that will authenticate users for all
> shares on the network and create user and machine accounts when necessary.
> I want the "single sign on" thing where I don't need to do local machine
> configuration except to tell the client to which domain it belongs.
> 
> Am I crazy?  When I create users by hand, they don't authenticate.  When I
> try to set "security = domain", testparm tells me it's "not recommended".
> And when I read the docs at samba.org, it appears as though this only
> works when you've got a Winders server doing the real authentication.
> 
> What gives?  Is there a better HOW-TO on this?

I've been struggling with Samba too.  I recently picked up an excellent
book, "The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide."
ISBN: 0-13-145355-6

Definitely pick it up.  There's lots of example setups at the beginning
and then it dives into the details in the later chapters.
~M