samba - Feb 2000 - [Fwd: Re: NIS+ support in samba....]

Thanks for the replies.... I am stuck on the second step of your
list... I do not have a smbpasswd file, so I am not sure how I can create
on... also, when I run smbpasswd (the executable) as root, I get the
following:
# ./smbpasswd
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB
password:                                                                       
Failed
to find entry for user root.
Failed to change password entry for root

Any help you can provide to me would be very apprciated....

thank you

Jeff
pajor@descent.net                               


On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Gerald Carter wrote:
> Just in case.
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: NIS+ support in samba....
> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 01:49:10 +1100
> From: monyo@home.monyo.com
> To: Multiple recipients of list SAMBA <samba@samba.org>
> References: <38B3E7D3.2705D4AD@eng.auburn.edu>
> 
> 
> Jeff Pajor wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I know this has probably been spoke about before, 
> > but I'm looking for some documentation or other 
> > info on setting up NIS+ with samba....
> 
> I had once set NIS+ with Samba. This is a quick how-to...
> 
> (1) generate NIS+ table
> 
>  # source/script/mknissmbpwdtbl.sh
>  
> (2) convert existing smbpasswd to NIS+ table
> 
>  # cat smbpasswd | source/script/mknissmbpasswd.sh
> 
> (3) add proper permissions to smbpasswd.org_dir and smb.groups_dir
> 
> (4) modify smb.conf
>   For example
> 
>   smb passwd file = smbpasswd.org_dir
>   encrypt passwords = yes
> 
> -----
> Motonobu TAKAHASHI                      mailto:monyo@samba.gr.jp
> Samba Users Group Japan                 http://www.samba.gr.jp/
> 
>

>Thanks for the replies.... I am stuck on the second step of your 
>list... I do not have a smbpasswd file, so I am not sure how I can
>create on... also, when I run smbpasswd (the executable) as root, I
>get the following:
No!

At first you have to create smbpasswd file using smbpasswd command.
Usually smbpasswd file will be created at /etc/smbpasswd or
/usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd.

Then you can do

|(2) convert existing smbpasswd to NIS+ table
|
| # cat smbpasswd | source/script/mknissmbpasswd.sh

And if you are familiar to NIS+, you can directly modify
smbpasswd.org_dir instead of executing mknissmbpasswd.sh.

Anyway you need to know both NIS+ and Samba well, especially NIS+.
Samba needs an additional NIS+ table to authenticate, so you have to
manage NIS+ non-standard table with NIS+ commands.

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Motonobu TAKAHASHI                    mailto:monyo@samba.gr.jp
Samba Users Group Japan               http://www.samba.gr.jp/