[TriLUG] Re: SAMBA for authentication of Linux systems

[Kevin Flanagan]

On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 20:59, Corey Mutter wrote:
> Samba's docs say that the current release of winbindd can't authenticate
> against a Samba emulated PDC, only against an MS DC.
> (I was just researching this kind of thimg myself and came across
> this...)
> 

Then I wonder how Mandrake is doing it.  


Thoughts?


Thanks!


> Corey
> 
> > I'm using a SAMBA server that is configured as a Domain Controller.
> > I have been able to login to the domain from
> > 
> >         Windows XP system, that was easy, join and go.
> > 
> >         Mandrake 9.0 system, I had to manually join the domain with smbpasswd,
> > but it's not too bad.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >         I can't make Redhat 8.0 systems authenticate against the domain.  I
> > just finished upgrading SAMBA to the latest stable release, a few
> > minutes ago, no dice.
> > 
> >         Winbindd is running.
> >         SMB.conf has
> >                 security = domain
> >                 passwword server = *
> >         nsswitch.conf has
> >                 passwd: files winbind
> >                 groups: files winbind
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >         Any ideas about what I'm missing?
> > 
> > 
> > TIA,
> > 
> > 
> >         Kevin
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