HiHo! Craig White wrote: > On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 09:22 +0000, Robert Mortimer wrote: > >>>Hello, >>> >>>Is it possible to store samba passwords in ldap without configuring >>>samba as a PDC? All the documents/references I've come across are >>>related to using LDAP as a samba PDC backend, not as just a db file >>>replacement. >>> >>>Thanks, >> >>LDAP is a heavyweight store for massive amounts of passwords and extended >>data needed to for 100s or 1000s of PCs. In a workgroup there is no central >>password store. In a workgroup each windows (LINUX/Samba) machine has local >>users and would never consult a central authentication database so the LDAP >>would only hold accounts for the local Linux machine's users. >> >>This is a Sledgehammer + nut situation >> >>I suggest you look at the normal samba database > > ---- > I'm not entirely certain that I agree with the characterizations that > you have used.
[...] I completely agree. I think Roberts answer might be appropriate under certain conditions but is just to general. LDAP isn't that difficult to use and if you already have a established Unix based environment, including LDAP, adding a little bit SambaSAMAccount magic is more a by-product than real work. Maintaining samba password and user files on perhaps 10 or 15 Unix samba servers is more work than getting samba and LDAP together... Markus -- Senior Executive - Systemadministration Direct Phone: + 49 / 234 9787-57 Direct Fax: +49 / 234 9787-77 Viisage Technology AG Universitaetsstrasse 160 44801 Bochum Germany http://www.viisage.com ---------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba