Hi, I have configured my machine to run samba and LDAP as the PDC. But whenever i enter the passdb backend: ldapsam:ldap://localhost/ on my smb.conf, i see from my SWAT that smdb is not running and i cannot join the domain. Below are my smb.conf and slapd.conf files smb.conf # Samba config file created using SWAT # from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) # Date: 2009/01/22 16:01:58 [global] workgroup = LONDIANI server string = Samba Server Version %v map to guest = Bad User passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://localhost/ printcap name = /etc/printcap logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U logon drive = M: logon home = \\%L\%U\.profiles domain logons = Yes os level = 50 preferred master = Yes domain master = Yes wins support = Yes ldap admin dn = "uid=root,dc=kefri,dc=org" ldap group suffix = ou=group,dc=kefri,dc=org ldap machine suffix = ou=machines,dc=kefri,dc=org ldap passwd sync = Yes ldap suffix = dc=kefri,dc=org ldap user suffix = ou=people,dc=kefri,dc=org printing = cups cups options = raw print command lpq command = %p lprm command [netlogon] path = /etc/samba/netlogon write list = admin read only = No guest ok = Yes [profiles] path = /etc/samba/profiles read only = No create mask = 0600 [homes] comment = Linux Home org space path = %H valid users = %S read only = No create mask = 0600 locking = No [share] path = /etc/samba/share read only = No [cdrom] comment = Linux CD-ROM path = /media/cdrom locking = No root preexec = /bin/mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom root postexec = /bin/umount /media/cdrom [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba guest ok = Yes printable = Yes browseable = No slapd.conf # # See slapd.conf(5) for details on configuration options. # This file should NOT be world readable. # include /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/samba.schema # Allow LDAPv2 client connections. This is NOT the default. allow bind_anon_dn # Do not enable referrals until AFTER you have a working directory # service AND an understanding of referrals. #referral ldap://root.openldap.org pidfile /var/run/openldap/slapd.pid argsfile /var/run/openldap/slapd.args # Load dynamic backend modules: # modulepath /usr/lib64/openldap # moduleload back_bdb.la # moduleload back_ldap.la # moduleload back_ldbm.la # moduleload back_passwd.la # moduleload back_shell.la # The next three lines allow use of TLS for encrypting connections using a # dummy test certificate which you can generate by changing to # /etc/pki/tls/certs, running "make slapd.pem", and fixing permissions on # slapd.pem so that the ldap user or group can read it. Your client software # may balk at self-signed certificates, however. # TLSCACertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt # TLSCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapd.pem # TLSCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapd.pem # Sample security restrictions # Require integrity protection (prevent hijacking) # Require 112-bit (3DES or better) encryption for updates # Require 63-bit encryption for simple bind # security ssf=1 update_ssf=112 simple_bind=64 # Sample access control policy: # Root DSE: allow anyone to read it # Subschema (sub)entry DSE: allow anyone to read it # Other DSEs: # Allow self write access # Allow authenticated users read access # Allow anonymous users to authenticate # Directives needed to implement policy: # access to dn.base="" by * read # access to dn.base="cn=Subschema" by * read # access to * # by self write # by users read # by anonymous auth # # if no access controls are present, the default policy # allows anyone and everyone to read anything but restricts # updates to rootdn. (e.g., "access to * by * read") # # rootdn can always read and write EVERYTHING! ####################################################################### # ldbm and/or bdb database definitions ####################################################################### database bdb suffix dc=kefri,dc=org rootdn uid=root,dc=kefri,dc=org # Cleartext passwords, especially for the rootdn, should # be avoided. See slappasswd(8) and slapd.conf(5) for details. # Use of strong authentication encouraged. #rootpw secret # rootpw {crypt}ijFYNcSNctBYg rootpw {SSHA}+KMNtuLOV40UQ1HzHiXzi9KgalThtC0w # The database directory MUST exist prior to running slapd AND # should only be accessible by the slapd and slap tools. # Mode 700 recommended. directory /var/lib/ldap # Indices to maintain for this database index objectClass eq,pres index ou,cn,mail,surname,givenname eq,pres,sub index uidNumber,gidNumber,loginShell eq,pres index uid,memberUid eq,pres,sub index nisMapName,nisMapEntry eq,pres,sub # Replicas of this database #replogfile /var/lib/ldap/openldap-master-replog #replica host=ldap-1.example.com:389 starttls=critical # bindmethod=sasl saslmech=GSSAPI # authcId=host/ldap-master.example.com@EXAMPLE.COM Am running it under RedHat Linux 5.1. Please do help am quite under pressure Regards Kevin