samba - Mar 2011 - PDC and BDC... what about de shared folders??

Hi,

i am new in the mailing list. I am trying to figure out my 
configuration. I have a Samba server authenticating with /etc/passwd. We 
are planing to move to LDAP and install a BDC server. The information I 
found googleing is always related to BDC as a backup for authentication 
but, I am not clear about the files stored in shared folders.

I am reading (everybody recomend it) this book and the number 5 specific 
chapter 
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/samba-bdc.html

As said, I am not sure how to give access to the shared folders (stored 
in PDC) when it fails, because I suppose that users will authenticate 
with the BDC server, and What about the shared folders?? Do I have to 
sync this folders and add in the configuration of BDC the shared folders??

Thanks for your help.

Bayardo.

Hi,

i am new in the mailing list. I am trying to figure out my configuration. I have
a Samba server authenticating with /etc/passwd. We are planing to move to LDAP
and install a BDC server. The information I
found googleing is always related to BDC as a backup for authentication but, I
am not clear about the files stored in shared folders.

I am reading (everybody recomend it) this book and the number 5 specific chapter
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/samba-bdc.html

As said, I am not sure how to give access to the shared folders (stored in PDC)
when it fails, because I suppose that users will authenticate with the BDC
server, and What about the shared folders?? Do I have to
sync this folders and add in the configuration of BDC the shared folders??

Thanks for your help.

Bayardo.

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Bayardo Rivas - Open Soluciones
<bayardo.rivas at opensoluciones.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i am new in the mailing list. I am trying to figure out my configuration. I
> have a Samba server authenticating with /etc/passwd. We are planing to move
> to LDAP and install a BDC server. The information I
> found googleing is always related to BDC as a backup for authentication
but,
> I am not clear about the files stored in shared folders.
>
> I am reading (everybody recomend it) this book and the number 5 specific
> chapter
> http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/samba-bdc.html
>
> As said, I am not sure how to give access to the shared folders (stored in
> PDC) when it fails, because I suppose that users will authenticate with the
> BDC server, and What about the shared folders?? Do I have to
> sync this folders and add in the configuration of BDC the shared folders??
>
On my work network. I put no shares on the PDC or BDC but on other
member servers. My PDC and BDC actually are very small and I have
migrated them both to virtual machines as guests.

John

Quoting Bayardo Rivas - Open Soluciones <bayardo.rivas at
opensoluciones.com>:
> Hi,
>
> i am new in the mailing list. I am trying to figure out my  
> configuration. I have a Samba server authenticating with  
> /etc/passwd. We are planing to move to LDAP and install a BDC  
> server. The information I
> found googleing is always related to BDC as a backup for  
> authentication but, I am not clear about the files stored in shared  
> folders.
>
> I am reading (everybody recomend it) this book and the number 5  
> specific chapter  
> http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/samba-bdc.html
>
> As said, I am not sure how to give access to the shared folders  
> (stored in PDC) when it fails, because I suppose that users will  
> authenticate with the BDC server, and What about the shared  
> folders?? Do I have to
> sync this folders and add in the configuration of BDC the shared folders??
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Bayardo.
>
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Yes you will have to sync the folders and add them to the BDC  
configuration when they are needed.  I also suggest having a look at  
using a netbios alias and/or DFS to make the failover easer on your  
users.

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On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:05:59 -0600, Bayardo Rivas - Open Soluciones
Hi,
with a bdc you will only have a authentication nothing else.
You have to have the same shares  on both pdc and bdc and have them sync
in realtime (drbd master/master or something cluster)
to keep the data for the users up.
My experencies in production PDC/LDAP BDC/LDAP are that if you do not have
a replicating wins on both. It could be when the pdc (or bdc) failes
a couple of users can login the other (who where logged on to the pc) need
to rejoin the machnie to the domain). Samba4wins will do that job.

Good Luck
Daniel


<bayardo.rivas at opensoluciones.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i am new in the mailing list. I am trying to figure out my 
> configuration. I have a Samba server authenticating with /etc/passwd. We
> are planing to move to LDAP and install a BDC server. The information I 
> found googleing is always related to BDC as a backup for authentication 
> but, I am not clear about the files stored in shared folders.
> 
> I am reading (everybody recomend it) this book and the number 5 specific
> chapter 
>
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/samba-bdc.html
> 
> As said, I am not sure how to give access to the shared folders (stored 
> in PDC) when it fails, because I suppose that users will authenticate 
> with the BDC server, and What about the shared folders?? Do I have to 
> sync this folders and add in the configuration of BDC the shared
folders??
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Bayardo.

El 13/03/2011 06:14 a.m., Daniel M?ller escribi?:
> On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:05:59 -0600, Bayardo Rivas - Open Soluciones
> Hi,
> with a bdc you will only have a authentication nothing else.
> You have to have the same shares  on both pdc and bdc and have them sync
> in realtime (drbd master/master or something cluster)
> to keep the data for the users up.
> My experencies in production PDC/LDAP BDC/LDAP are that if you do not have
> a replicating wins on both. It could be when the pdc (or bdc) failes
> a couple of users can login the other (who where logged on to the pc) need
> to rejoin the machnie to the domain). Samba4wins will do that job.
>
> Good Luck
> Daniel
Thank you Daniel,

I have a little experience with Samba + LDAP so, any reading that you 
suggest would be great. I will post questions on the way while I work on 
configuration.

Sorry for my english.

Bayardo.