Samba Question

[EDAM]

I have RedHat 6.2 running on a server. Custom install, etc. I have Samba running as well. Here is my question:

Is there any way to configure Samba to look to the PDC for the user list? I have 200+ users who will be accessing this server (it is being used as a fileserver) and to put each user/password in separatly is a BIG pain. Is there any wat to do this without hours of Data Entry?

Thanks

PS. This is the ONLY Linux box on an NT Domain.

[Lorithar]

I think soneone already suggested installing PAM .. not something I have extensive experience with.. *grin* I don't have an NT pdc to play with .. but I believe it will work ...
Check out sourceforge .. I believe the project is hosted there ....

[Mountainman]

yeah in your samba conf file change security (i think) to server. then point it to your nt server.

[EDAM]

Originally posted by Lorithar:
I think soneone already suggested installing PAM .. not something I have extensive experience with.. *grin* I don't have an NT pdc to play with .. but I believe it will work ...
Check out sourceforge .. I believe the project is hosted there ....


I thought SAMBA 2.0x supported doing this without external add-ons?

[EDAM]

Originally posted by Mountainman:
yeah in your samba conf file change security (i think) to server. then point it to your nt server.

Already done that. What should the smb.conf file entries for the data share look like?

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[Mountainman]

There should be an entry field below the security field that is used to point to the actual share, but since I formated my second networked computer that was 98 and put debian on instead, I couldnt tell you right off. GOto the OReilly web site and download the samba book from there. It should give you all the info you need.

[EDAM]

Originally posted by Mountainman:
There should be an entry field below the security field that is used to point to the actual share, but since I formated my second networked computer that was 98 and put debian on instead, I couldnt tell you right off. GOto the OReilly web site and download the samba book from there. It should give you all the info you need.
Oreilly website? Got the URL?

[ 05 March 2001: Message edited by: EDAM ]

[EDAM]

Thanks Everyone, I got it going!

[Mountainman]

Samba is a large battle for most first timers. It is the first thing I figured out on my own, with help from here. Happy tuxing!!

[dms_90069]

Glad you got it going, so how did you do it?

I am trying to follow the advice from: http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-02/agents_07.html

But I can't even see debug info in /var/log/security. My login pam configuration is not like the example (I am on RH 7.0) and from the above article, the syntax of the /etc/pam_smb.conf isn't really clear. Has anyone tried it like linux-mag?

Mike