samba - Sep 2002 - supress access to the /etc/passwd

Hi,

I've just install samba 2.2 with ldap support, it is working just fine.
I've create some samba users using smbpasswd and they are inserted into the
ldap directory.
But, I was wondering if it was possible to delegate the full authentification
process to ldap. That's to say completely remove any information from
/etc/passwd?

Thanks.



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> Hi,
> 
> I've just install samba 2.2 with ldap support, it is working just fine.
> I've create some samba users using smbpasswd and they are inserted into
> the ldap directory.
> But, I was wondering if it was possible to delegate the full >
authentification process to ldap. That's to say completely remove any >
information from /etc/passwd?
Samba is doing everything from ldap, it's your unix that is getting user 
information from ldap.

You probably need to configure nss_ldap or similar.

http://mandrakesecure.net had a good article on ldap a few weeks back, 
you might want to check it out.

Buchan

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