On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Dean Clapper <dclap...@universitycoop.com> wrote: > > Is there a way to share smbpasswd (samba user name and password file) > between multiple servers. The servers are not on a domain controller, NIS > nor ldap. > > We have 2 - 3 redhat samba servers just for network share drives. Instead > of managing passwords and user names on multiple systems, I'm trying to > leverage one machine and use its logins and passwords for all samba > machines. > > Is there a good way to implement this strategy configuring the smb.conf file > or is this going to require a different mechanism? >
Take a look at LDAP. After figuring it out (there is some learning curve) it is very easy to implement and maintain. John -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba