Ian Moore
2004-Jul-24 14:53 UTC
[Samba] Use FreeBSD samba sever to authenticate OS X connections
Hi, I want to allow users on windows wokstations to connect to samba shares on our new Mac. We have a FreeBSD server running samba 2.x & all users have accounts on that server. Only users with accounts on the Mac can access it's shares, so to avoid having to replicate all the accounts on the Mac, I want it to use the FBSD server for authentication. From what I've read, I get the idea I need to change our FBSD server to be a domain controller & then set the Mac to use domain level security. It also means running winbind on the FBSD server & I'm not sure about authentication - currently we use smbpasswd. Does that sound right, or do I just need to set security on the Mac to domain? Cheers, -- Ian