On Thursday 22 September 2005 14:21, Gary Dale wrote: > Not really. I've been to the various Samba-LDAP howtos and there is a > lot of outdated or irrelevant information in them. Too many sites seem > to think that you need to know how to compile the sources while others > don't recognize that we're not running Redhat 9.x. I've yet to find one > that says "these are the packages you need and here's how they interact > with one another". Everyone I've found seems to assume that you're > running the same system the same way they are. > > I've been through the Samba 3 book from cover to cover - try doing that > without ample doses of caffeine! - but there seems to be important > details missing. There is no howto that really takes you through the > various steps of setting up Samba and LDAP together and get them > talking, at least as far as I've found, and at least for Debian. > > My last attempt failed, as I recall, because LDAP seemed to asking for > an encrypted connection.
Please let me know what fails for you in chapter 5 of the book "Samba-3 by Example" - I'd love to fix it with your assistance. - John T. > > Nathan Vidican wrote: > >The samba how-to's a good place to start, however... if you're just > > looking to learn and understand things better, then I'd suggest a > > read-through on the OpenLDAP.org site as well. Hate to puch you away with > > a 'RTFM' reply... but it is kinda what you were asking for. > > > >On Thursday 22 September 2005 14:16, Gary Dale wrote: > >>Does anyone know of a good Samba-LDAP howto for Debian (Sarge) systems? > >>I probably don't need it for my home network, but I'd like to learn how > >>to do it anyway. My previous attempts to get it working have failed. :( > > > >-- > >Nathan Vidican > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. > >http://www.wmptl.com/ -- John H Terpstra Samba-Team Member Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668 Author: The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, 2 Ed., ISBN: 0131882228 Samba-3 by Example, 2 Ed., ISBN: 0131882221X Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971 Other books in production. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba