Paul Grondahl <PGrondahl#ixl.com>>
>I am running Red Hat 6.0 w/Samba 2.0.6. Samba is set up with
>"security=domain" and "Unix password sync=true". When
users access the box
>they get authenticated by an NT PDC as long as there is a Unix account for
>that user. This part works great.
>I want to be able to somehow let our Mac clients and Windows clients access
>the box using their NT domain credentials.
>
>In order for the Mac clients to connect using their NT credentials I need
to>keep the passwd file synced with the smbpasswd file. The way I understand
it>is that this is only possibly when using "security=user". However,
this
>setting does not provide any "link" to the NT domain and I end up
with to
>sets of credentials.
>
>Is there any way of keeping the Unix passwd synchronized with an NT domain
>password?
Microsoft has a UNIX services for NT set that is included with their TechNet
product.
It is a DLL that is installed on an NT box that intercepts password change
requests and can send the new password over the network to a target UNIX or
other box. Source for the UNIX side is provided.
It uses a Microsoft API that is documented. However IIRC it intercepts the
password change on the client as it is being passed to the NT domain
controller.
I have never actually used it though.
I also do not know if the software is available for free download from
Microsoft.
-John