I am currently using the Fedora Open directory with a posix structure user information to authenticate several hundred Mac users. Currently this is being done using the netatalk package for userId, UID, GID, password, home directory. What I am looking for is a way to move from netatalk to Samba without losing my LDAP capabilities. I have seen several post related to doing this but none that give me specific information on Fedora 7 and its precompiled version of Samba. Can someone confirm for me that this distribution is PAM enabled and that ldap using posix user info is compatible? Thanks, JD
It's trivial to compile your own samba to include what you need. FYI, on a recently updated FC7 near here I can see 3.0.28 with pam support enabled. (Looking at /var/log/rpmpkgs I can see that 3.0.25 was installed originally.) You will have to update fc7 anyway (bad kernel) samba works alongside posix ldap schema with no issues - you only have a problem if you need passwords in sync - even then, it is solvable - I believe that samba is doing more to support this - ie functionality in this area is changing - in my view, that makes it slightly difficult - you have to work to get the right way for the current combination of libs and app versions. Good luck, Q On 02/01/2008, Deas, Jim <James.Deas@warnerbros.com> wrote:> > I am currently using the Fedora Open directory with a posix structure > user information to authenticate several hundred Mac users. > > Currently this is being done using the netatalk package for userId, UID, > GID, password, home directory. > > > > What I am looking for is a way to move from netatalk to Samba without > losing my LDAP capabilities. > > > > I have seen several post related to doing this but none that give me > specific information on Fedora 7 and its precompiled version of Samba. > > > > Can someone confirm for me that this distribution is PAM enabled and > that ldap using posix user info is compatible? > > > > Thanks, > > JD > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >
> I am currently using the Fedora Open directory with a posix structure > user information to authenticate several hundred Mac users. > Currently this is being done using the netatalk package for userId, UID, > GID, password, home directory. > What I am looking for is a way to move from netatalk to Samba without > losing my LDAP capabilities.Migrating from a POSIX (RFC2307) configuration should be *very* straight forward.> I have seen several post related to doing this but none that give me > specific information on Fedora 7 and its precompiled version of Samba.If Samba is linked against the LDAP libraries it should have everythingh you need. ldd /usr/sbin/smbd | grep -i ldap> Can someone confirm for me that this distribution is PAM enabled and > that ldap using posix user info is compatible?It is, as is every mainline Linux distro. -- Consonance: an Open Source .NET OpenGroupware client. Contact:awilliam@whitemiceconsulting.com http://freshmeat.net/projects/consonance/