ERIC: Once again, most helpful... Thanks. I'll be taking the "ClearCase" link home with me this afternoon for weekend study...
Tim "Eric Boehm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 10:03:46AM -0500, TimS wrote: >>>>>>> "Tim" == TimS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > ERIC: > > Tim> Thanks for taking pity... :-) This is great news! I knew from > Tim> the reading I've done that the ADS features code was put into > Tim> Samba 3; but what I didn't pick up on is that it would work > Tim> whether the Samba server is on the Windows domain or not. > > Yes, you do have to create a machine account for the Samba server in > the Windows domain in order for security = domain to work. However, > Active Directory domain controllers will talk to the Samba > server. You may have to have your domain admins check a box that says > something like > > Allow pre-Windows 2000 authentication > > when they create the machine account. > > Tim> Our Solaris box has two network adapters, one RJ-45 and one > Tim> fiber, but but we can only use the RJ-45 connection due to > Tim> the powers-that-be nixing our request to drop a line for the > Tim> fiber connection -- even though There is a vacant fiber > Tim> plug-in on the switch. > > Tim> However..., we also have a Linux Box [RedHat 9] in our > Tim> unit. Couldn't we upgrade the Samba installation on it > Tim> [...come to think of it, one of our other guys just rebuilt > Tim> that box a few weeks ago, and I don't know for sure which > Tim> Samba release is on it now...] and do the testing there? > > You certainly could. BTW, I forgot to mention that you could also use > Samba 2.2.8a in your environment if you couldn't find a binary for > Samba 3. Samba 2.x can work in an ADS environment -- we're using > 2.2.8a with a Native Active Directory environment. > > Tim> Speaking of that, can you tell me off the top of your head > Tim> the quickest way to determine which Samba release is > Tim> currently running on the Linux box? > > /path/to/smbd -V -- e.g., /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -V > > As a side note, I made a presentation about setting up Samba > (including building it) with ClearCase. However, the material is > applicable even if you aren't using ClearCase. > > You can find it at > > http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/5769.html > > If you follow the link at the right hand side that says "Related > Presentation Files" > > http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/content/04August/3033/3033_SCM04.zip > > you can download the presentation and related templates and the web > site that I developed and that the presentation is based on. Again, > much of the material is applicable even if you aren't using > ClearCase. You can browse the web files through the filesystem -- you > don't need a web server. Any browser will work. > > > -- > Eric M. Boehm /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / No HTML or RTF in mail > X No proprietary word-processing > Respect Open Standards / \ files in mail > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba