[nflug] openLDAP cheats

[eric]

Darin, I don't want to use a windows AD server, don't have one - don't
want one, is it still possible to do

	ldap
	 /\
        /  \
       /    \
      -      -
desktop       samba



Darin Perusich wrote:

>eric wrote:
>  
>
>>So, my beginning question is, can an (LDAP) client on a desktop use an
>>LDAP server to logon another server serving samba 'user' shares?
>>    
>>
>
>the simple answer is yes, but there are many ways to implement this.the
>only thing samba cares about is that the username you're trying to
>connect as is a valid unix account as well.
>
>one way to set this up would you to setup an windows Active Directory
>domain (yuck) and join the samba server to it as a member server. then
>set the samba option 'password server' to the AD controller. configure
>the samba server at the OS level to be an ldap client against the AD
>controller. samba has a bunch of ldap options which you could use but
>i've never played with them before.
>
>  
>
>>Computer --> LDAP server --> Samba server
>>
>>    
>>
>
>	ldap
>	 /\
>        /  \
>       /    \
>      -      -
>desktop       samba
>
>  
>

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