Is there a way to share smbpasswd (samba user name and password file) between multiple servers. The servers are not on a domain controller, NIS nor ldap. We have 2 - 3 redhat samba servers just for network share drives. Instead of managing passwords and user names on multiple systems, I'm trying to leverage one machine and use its logins and passwords for all samba machines. Is there a good way to implement this strategy configuring the smb.conf file or is this going to require a different mechanism? Thanks Dean
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Dean Clapper <dclapper@universitycoop.com> wrote:> > Is there a way to share smbpasswd (samba user name and password file) > between multiple servers. The servers are not on a domain controller, NIS > nor ldap. > > We have 2 - 3 redhat samba servers just for network share drives. Instead > of managing passwords and user names on multiple systems, I'm trying to > leverage one machine and use its logins and passwords for all samba > machines. > > Is there a good way to implement this strategy configuring the smb.conf file > or is this going to require a different mechanism? >Take a look at LDAP. After figuring it out (there is some learning curve) it is very easy to implement and maintain. John
openldap. read chapter 5 of samba 3 by example.pdf. Dean Clapper wrote:> Is there a way to share smbpasswd (samba user name and password file) > between multiple servers. The servers are not on a domain controller, NIS > nor ldap. > > We have 2 - 3 redhat samba servers just for network share drives. Instead > of managing passwords and user names on multiple systems, I'm trying to > leverage one machine and use its logins and passwords for all samba > machines. > > Is there a good way to implement this strategy configuring the smb.conf file > or is this going to require a different mechanism? > > Thanks > Dean >