samba - Apr 2022 - Password synchronization from database

Hello!

We are migrating from Samba 3 to Samba 4 at my institution. We managed to
install Samba 4, however, now we need to keep the user's password
synchronized with the other systems.

The problem is that we don't use LDAP or AD as a source of truth for
passwords. Users are created and administered in a system that saves the
encrypted password in postgres database.

We searched several ways, but couldn't find a way to save the already
encrypted password in Samba 4's internal LDAP.

Does anyone know a way to do this?

Thanks,

Bruno Rampi Marchioro

On Tue, 2022-04-19 at 08:51 -0300, Bruno Marchioro via samba
wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> We are migrating from Samba 3 to Samba 4 at my institution. We
> managed to
> install Samba 4, however, now we need to keep the user's password
> synchronized with the other systems.
This is one of the things that AD was designed for.
> 
> The problem is that we don't use LDAP or AD as a source of truth for
> passwords. Users are created and administered in a system that saves
> the
> encrypted password in postgres database.
The password in AD is encrypted, but you may be able to use kerberos,
in which case the password doesn't need to be encrypted.
> 
> We searched several ways, but couldn't find a way to save the already
> encrypted password in Samba 4's internal LDAP.
What are the other systems ? what packages are you running on them ?

Rowland