Hi all, another French guy learning, don't bash me too hard... ;-) In fact, I'm in need of a confirmation : I'm on the way to create a Samba3+LDAP (new schemas) PDC server (no migration from NT4 nor 2K, only from an old Samba 2.0 with security=user using /etc/passwd, ie. no encrypt password). This Samba3 should be hosted on a FreeBSD 4.8 (ie. pam_ldap can work, I tested it today, but no NSS available). I've read many docs, including the HEAD Samba HOWTO collection, HOWTO from Ignacio Coupeau (worth a read), old one from IdealX (which disapeared last week, I still have a hardcopy), and many others. The OpenLDAP 2.1 is up, with a few accounts populated (with both sambaSamAccount & posixAccount objectclasses). PAM_LDAP auth works. Then comes the integration with Samba. I have not yet began the work of integrating Samba to LDAP (I'm learning LDAP). Here's my question : does Samba3 need a Unix account (in /etc/passwd) in addition to the one in the LDAP directory ? I believe the answer is yes (since FreeBSD 4.8 doesn't have NSS, and PAM is only for authentication), but may someone confirm because I lose the few last hair I have ;-? Or, before the server is migrated to FreeBSD 5.1 (-CURRENT), which should undoubtely lessen the need for a firm answer. Best regards, and thanks for the job for so many years (I live happily with Samba since 1996, in production since 1998). Jérôme
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