samba - Jun 2003 - Setting Separate File server from Samba PDC

I'm aim to set up a file server that is separate from my SAMBA PDC. I've
had no problem setting file server up, and joining it to he domain using
smbpasswd. 

Can I use winbind with a SAMBA PDC or is it meant only for Windows NT
servers.

When creating shares on this file server, I need to allow permissions to
various groups and or users. How can I do this. Do I need to set up NIS?

Thank You in advance
Roberto

> 
> I'm aim to set up a file server that is separate from my 
> SAMBA PDC. I've had no problem setting file server up, and 
> joining it to he domain using smbpasswd. 
> 
> Can I use winbind with a SAMBA PDC or is it meant only for 
> Windows NT servers.
> 

Not so long ago I posted the same question and someone sent me this patch. I
was on RH 8.0 with 2.2.7 so I needed it.

--- nmbd/nmbd_logonnames.c      30 Jan 2002 06:08:22 -0000      1.11
+++ nmbd/nmbd_logonnames.c      6 Oct 2002 09:58:09 -0000
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
 void add_logon_names(void)
 {
   struct subnet_record *subrec;
+  struct nmb_name nmbname;
   for (subrec FIRST_SUBNET; subrec; subrec
NEXT_SUBNET_INCLUDING_UNICAST(subrec))
   {
@@ -146,7 +147,6 @@
     if (work && (work->log_state LOGON_NONE))
     {
-      struct nmb_name nmbname;
       make_nmb_name(&nmbname,global_myworkgroup,0x1c);
       if (find_name_on_subnet(subrec, &nmbname, FIND_SELF_NAME) NULL)
@@ -162,4 +162,6 @@
       }
     }
   }
+  make_nmb_name(&nmbname,global_myworkgroup,0x1c);
+  insert_permanent_name_into_unicast(FIRST_SUBNET, &nmbname, 0x1c);
 }

After this wbinfo started to work with SAMBA PDC. It was 2.2.7 from RH8...
Well the patch worked with some small quirks but it can be done.
Unfortunately I don't have the original mail so I can't tell you who he
was
;-). 

I remember him telling me that in 2.2.8 things should be fixed so maybe the
listers can tell you more about this.

If I were you I'd get the sources and see if the patch is in there. I
haven't tested the latest samba from RH, right now I run 2.2.8 from
samba.org.

I hope you  know that if you're desperate you can to that too on RH, samba
from samba.org can be made .rpm! That is the tgz from the site has a .spec
in it. It's just that you get only a samba.rpm and not all the sepparate
components that RedHat does. I guess that's what --nodeps and --forced were
given for as rpm options... :-s
> 
> Then that explains it, I'm running version 2.27a-8.9.0 from 
> Redhat 9.0. I'm going to download and install the latest Samba.
> 
> Thanks Again
> Roberto
> 
> On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 11:11, Vizitiu, Ciprian wrote:
> > > 
> > > I'm aim to set up a file server that is separate from my
> > > SAMBA PDC. I've had no problem setting file server up, and 
> > > joining it to he domain using smbpasswd. 
> > > 
> > > Can I use winbind with a SAMBA PDC or is it meant only for
> > > Windows NT servers.
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Not so long ago I posted the same question and someone sent me this 
> > patch. I was on RH 8.0 with 2.2.7 so I needed it.
> > 
> > --- nmbd/nmbd_logonnames.c      30 Jan 2002 06:08:22 -0000      1.11
> > +++ nmbd/nmbd_logonnames.c      6 Oct 2002 09:58:09 -0000
> > @@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
> >  void add_logon_names(void)
> >  {
> >    struct subnet_record *subrec;
> > +  struct nmb_name nmbname;
> >    for (subrec FIRST_SUBNET; subrec; subrec
> > NEXT_SUBNET_INCLUDING_UNICAST(subrec))
> >    {
> > @@ -146,7 +147,6 @@
> >      if (work && (work->log_state LOGON_NONE))
> >      {
> > -      struct nmb_name nmbname;
> >        make_nmb_name(&nmbname,global_myworkgroup,0x1c);
> >        if (find_name_on_subnet(subrec, &nmbname, 
> FIND_SELF_NAME) NULL) 
> > @@ -162,4 +162,6 @@
> >        }
> >      }
> >    }
> > +  make_nmb_name(&nmbname,global_myworkgroup,0x1c);
> > +  insert_permanent_name_into_unicast(FIRST_SUBNET, &nmbname,
0x1c);
> >  }