On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 09:27 -0400, Ray Leventhal wrote: > followup: > > I'm guessing it's the passwd backend parameter that I've got wrong. > What's the right setting to use /etc/passwd || /etc/shadow for > authentication? (Using webmin, I've managed to sync the Unix users and > samba users)
two pointers: 1. % man smb.conf 2. passdb backend = guest how come you set this to "guest"? according to the man page, "passdb backend" can either be: --------CUT--------- * smbpasswd - The default smbpasswd backend. Takes a path to the smbpasswd file as an optional argument. * tdbsam - The TDB based password storage backend. Takes a path to the TDB as an optional argument (defaults to passdb.tdb in the private dir directory. * ldapsam - The LDAP based passdb backend. Takes an LDAP URL as an optional argument (defaults to ldap://localhost) LDAP connections should be secured where possible. This may be done using either Start-TLS (see ldap ssl) or by specifying ldaps:// in the URL argument. Multiple servers may also be specified in double-quotes, if your LDAP libraries supports the LDAP URL notation. (OpenLDAP does). --------CUT--------- you cannot simply use /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow for Samba. Samba needs its own password store unless you use LDAP (ldapsam). You should also read the extensive documentation (HOWTOs) on www.samba.org, eg. you could start with http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/install.html -- Udo Rader bestsolution.at EDV Systemhaus GmbH http://www.bestsolution.at
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