[Samba] THIRD POST: Samba Authentication Issue

Andrew Bartlett
Mon, 18 Nov 2002 09:13:01 -0000

On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 19:26, Roman Sidler wrote:
> Hi Samba List,
>
> We are using samba since many years in our Solaris environment.
> I have got a question concerning the authentication:
> We are building up new branch offices. Every branch office is
> connected thru a vpn link to our main company. The people
> in the branch offices have got a samba file server to work with.
> The authetication is realised with Microsoft Active Directory,
> which is installed in our main office (server).
> How can I make sure that the authentication is still working if
> the VPN Link is down (authentication has to made on the
> solaris samba server directly) ?????
> Is there kind of failover function in samba (switch from domain
> security to user security mode??

Not particularly practical - you really need to install a BDC at each
remote site, or things will go a bit nuts.

Any other solution would have password synchronization issues, at the
very least.

Andrew Bartlett

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