Hello! Well... I am just a newbie, so I might be wrong (and I'm probably am) but I don't think you need to set up Ldap to autenticate a Linux machine against an Active Directory server. If you want to do the opposite, probably yes (I'm not 100% sure). But since you're using the "getent passwd" command, I assume your Linux machine is the client, right? Then I don't think you need LDAP (but as I said, I'm probably wrong :S ) It should be enough with Samba
I found this: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Authenticating-Linux-Active-Directory.html http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-enterprise-47/linux-clientactive-directory-server-home-directories-403160/ Maybe it can help 2008/11/7 degbert degbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > Sorry for two messages, but I thought it would make more sense to use one > message per question. > > Why do so many (but not all) AD howtos mention LDAP? Without configuring > LDAP I can use getent passwd or getent group to see the users in the AD. > > Is there a benefit to also editing nsswitch to query LDAP? > > Degbert. > -- > 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
