On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 09:54 -0600, Corey Edwards wrote: > On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 09:44 -0600, Michael L Torrie wrote: > > Winbind might still require the posix user to be in the passwd file, > > though, as Samba has no way of describing to a unix machine where the > > posix home directory path should be. I'm not sure how they do that. > > That's what NSS is for. It allows for drop-in replacements of passwd, > group, etc. You will need an NSS module for winbind. I would assume > there is one, but I haven't ever used winbind. I have used LDAP for this > and it's worked great.
I found some more information on winbind and nss: http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:rPsDg4jk03YJ:www.linux-mag.com/id/156/+winbind+nss+homedirectory&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us (the original article is now subscription only. The key is in the "template homedir" smb.conf parameter, as well as the "idmap uid" and "idmap gid" parameters. Michael > > Corey > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
