Hi List, I am in the process of setting up a samba server (2.0.7 on Linux RH 6.2) that will sit in an NT domain. The NT is a PDC. I plan to set security = server and let the PDC do the authentication. I understand however that the Linux still requires the relevant user accounts for I/O operations. My question is this: What is the best way to synchronize the accounts from the PDC (whenever they are changed / added / deleted) to the Linux. I've also got to think of how to initially get the accounts from the PDC onto the Linux without manually typing them in. I would very much appreciate any pointers. Regards, Chris
Hmm... The general experience I think is that security = server does not work well ... There's been quite a few emails about it in the past few days or so, but none really resulting in something working properly. Good luck! (well, better luck than the rest of us anyway :o) ) -----Original Message----- From: samba-admin@lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-admin@lists.samba.org]On Behalf Of Chris Andrew Sent: Friday, 26 January 2001 03:21 To: samba@us5.samba.org Subject: Samba and NT - Synchronizing Accounts Hi List, I am in the process of setting up a samba server (2.0.7 on Linux RH 6.2) that will sit in an NT domain. The NT is a PDC. I plan to set security = server and let the PDC do the authentication. I understand however that the Linux still requires the relevant user accounts for I/O operations. My question is this: What is the best way to synchronize the accounts from the PDC (whenever they are changed / added / deleted) to the Linux. I've also got to think of how to initially get the accounts from the PDC onto the Linux without manually typing them in. I would very much appreciate any pointers. Regards, Chris
One way? I believe it's possible to get a user list through ADSI (whatever that active directory stuff is) on the NT server. You could host an Active Server Page on the NT box to return the list of users. On the Linux box use a cron a shell script to get the list (wget command) and then add/delete users depending on the list returned.> Hi List, > > I am in the process of setting up a samba server (2.0.7 on > Linux RH 6.2) > that will sit in an NT domain. The NT is a PDC. > > I plan to set security = server and let the PDC do the > authentication. I > understand however that the Linux still requires the relevant > user accounts > for I/O operations. > > My question is this: What is the best way to synchronize the > accounts from > the PDC (whenever they are changed / added / deleted) to the Linux. > > I've also got to think of how to initially get the accounts > from the PDC > onto the Linux without manually typing them in. > > I would very much appreciate any pointers. > > Regards, > Chris
On 25 Jan 2001, at 16:20, Chris Andrew wrote:> Hi List, > > I am in the process of setting up a samba server (2.0.7 on Linux RH > 6.2) that will sit in an NT domain. The NT is a PDC. > > I plan to set security = server and let the PDC do the authentication. > I understand however that the Linux still requires the relevant user > accounts for I/O operations. > > My question is this: What is the best way to synchronize the accounts > from the PDC (whenever they are changed / added / deleted) to the > Linux. > > I've also got to think of how to initially get the accounts from the > PDC onto the Linux without manually typing them in. > > I would very much appreciate any pointers. > > Regards, > ChrisUnfortunately, curent Samba doesn't support Secondary Wins Server. You can syncronise only the browse list. Alin Osan Network Administrator "Fundatia Casa" http://www.tryrom.com/casa phone 059467200 fax 059467202