Hi as the object: i have a samba 4 standalone server and i want to authenticate it using the openldap created for the samba 3 domain controller is it possible? setting passdb backend to ldap when i try to authenticate i get nt_status_invalid_sid i set also the same server to authenticate linux users with the same ldap and it works thanks in advance
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:39:43 +0200 Andrea Zagli via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:> > Hi > > as the object: i have a samba 4 standalone server and i want to > authenticate it using the openldap created for the samba 3 domain > controller > > is it possible? >Yes, it is still possible to set up Samba as an NT4-style PDC, but I suggest you do not, that requires NetBIOS which requires SMBv1 and that isn't secure. I suggest you investigate setting up a Samba AD domain instead. Rowland