samba - Oct 2004 - Samba 3 + LDAP as PDC - which tutorial / HOWTO to use?

Hello,

I'm struggling with setting Samba 3 + OpenLDAP as a PDC.

I had no problems with setting Samba 3 as a PDC (I could join domain, 
users could log in, machines were added automatically, roaming profiles 
worked etc.).

But when it comes to setting Samba 3 + OpenLDAP as a PDC, I'm stuck - I 
can join a domain, but can't log in as a user; Samba logs say user auth 
was successful, but Windows say user/password were wrong (so at least I 
*feel* that I'm close).


All the howtos I used were either outdated, or inaccurate, or something 
was missing, or I'm just stupid (as I'm still unable to get Samba 3 + 
OpenLDAP to work).


Which documents did you use to set up Samba 3 + OpenLDAP to work as a PDC?

I already tried:

1) Using an LDAP Directory for Samba Authentication form 
ibm.com/developerWorks

2) Samba (v.3) PDC LDAP howto - it uses Samba 2 smb.conf conf files, and 
is "Redhat 5..." - very messy in all - from
http://www.unav.es/cti/ldap-smb/smb-ldap-3-howto.html

3) The Linux Samba-OpenLDAP Howto (Revision: 1.6 ) from 
http://samba.idealx.org/smbldap-howto.en.html


But I'm still unable to make it all work :(


Tomek

Tomasz,

Suggest you follow instructions in Chapter 6 of "Samba-3 by Example", 
available from Amazon.Com _or_ download it from:

http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-Guide.pdf

Please: If it does not work for you, help us to fix it. This documentation is 
part of the official docs. If it is broken we must fix it.

- John T.

On Friday 22 October 2004 12:51, Tomasz Chmielewski
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm struggling with setting Samba 3 + OpenLDAP as a PDC.
>
> I had no problems with setting Samba 3 as a PDC (I could join domain,
> users could log in, machines were added automatically, roaming profiles
> worked etc.).
>
> But when it comes to setting Samba 3 + OpenLDAP as a PDC, I'm stuck - I
> can join a domain, but can't log in as a user; Samba logs say user auth
> was successful, but Windows say user/password were wrong (so at least I
> *feel* that I'm close).
>
>
> All the howtos I used were either outdated, or inaccurate, or something
> was missing, or I'm just stupid (as I'm still unable to get Samba 3
+
> OpenLDAP to work).
>
>
> Which documents did you use to set up Samba 3 + OpenLDAP to work as a PDC?
>
> I already tried:
>
> 1) Using an LDAP Directory for Samba Authentication form
> ibm.com/developerWorks
>
> 2) Samba (v.3) PDC LDAP howto - it uses Samba 2 smb.conf conf files, and
> is "Redhat 5..." - very messy in all - from
> http://www.unav.es/cti/ldap-smb/smb-ldap-3-howto.html
>
> 3) The Linux Samba-OpenLDAP Howto (Revision: 1.6 ) from
> http://samba.idealx.org/smbldap-howto.en.html
>
>
> But I'm still unable to make it all work :(
>
>
> Tomek
-- 
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Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668

Author:
The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556
Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216
Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971
OpenLDAP by Example, ISBN: 0131488732
Other books in production.