[Samba] Admin Privs When Joining Domain
Hello, When I attempt to join the domain using YaST (openSUSE's system configuration tool) or 'net join DOMAIN,' it prompts me for a network admin's username/password. The IT network admin already manually joined the machine to the network's AD domain (server-side), but Samba still needs a username/password. The workstations are batch-installs and are unattended, so we need a way to allow the machine to authenticate users without providing the admin password each time. So my question is: why does Samba ask for a network username/password even though the machine was already manually joined by the network admin to the AD domain server? Is there a way to circumvent this while preserving the workstation's ability to authenticate network users? P.S. Yes, I did post about this already - and received no reply - but hopefully this email has less erroneous information. Thanks! Nick Betcher -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Samba as a Client Accessing Windows 2008 Roaming Profiles
I guess I've always known this, but I suppose you can't have Linux synchronize profiles like Windows does simply because X.org and the other systems don't really work together to log off a user like Windows does (an automatically synchronize their profile back to the server). Anyways, now that I've had my epiphany about how that all really works, why use NFS? Why not just use CIFS? I mean, it would be a lot easier because then there wouldn't be any username/access/permissions hell. I realize NFS may be more stable/reliable in theory, but CIFS seems like such an easier solution considering it would be storing everything using the same credentials for the Kerberos login. One thing that does concern me about CIFS - and this is likely why you stated I should use NFS - is sockets/symlinks may not play nicely with CIFS? Or is that a myth now days? Thanks, Nick Betcher, CPhT Certified Pharmacy Technician On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:59 PM, t...@tms3.com wrote: Any suggestions (beyond scrap it all and start over with the proper solution) are greatly appreciated. Openfiler (http://www.openfiler.com/ Linux based) or FreeNAS ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/freenas/ FreeBSD based) as an NFS server. You should be able to use pam_winbind winbind AD domain joining and idmaping to manage ID's across the Linux WS's and the NAS. Have the Linux WS's mount the /home (or whatever you're using for the *nix users) directory as an NFS share from the NAS. Cheers, TMS III Thanks, Nick Betcher, CPhT Certified Pharmacy Technician -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
[Samba] Samba as a Client Accessing Windows 2008 Roaming Profiles
Hello, I am using Samba on Linux as a CLIENT which is accessing Windows Server 2008 and I am trying to setup roaming profiles on the Linux/Samba client. My Linux distribution is openSUSE 11.3 RC1/Factory and YaST does a very good job at setting up Kerberos/Samba to join the domain. It all seems to work, except the Linux profile isn't synchronized back to the Windows domain server. I assume this is working-as-intended using the configuration I have setup, but for the life of me I cannot find any configuration information on how to synchronize Linux profiles so it can be used in a roaming environment. I realize that what I'm asking for is likely a hack-job since roaming profiles are fairly ugly to begin with, but unfortunately there's not many other options. I am not the network admin, nor do I have admin privileges, but I am working on this project with the approval of my network admin. There is some room for minor setup modifications, especially if I can prove it works, but I would like to do this with as few network-level modifications as possible. The setup in my office currently consists of all Windows XP machines using roaming profiles, but we have some older machines we would like to convert to Linux in order to avoid spending money on new systems. Because we do not have enough computers for each user to have their own, we are forced to allow people to share computers and sit where ever they can (we are a 24-hour call center). Because of this I need the Linux computers to be able to roam within the network as well. Items preserved just need to include documents and Linux/Windows settings. Any suggestions (beyond scrap it all and start over with the proper solution) are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Nick Betcher, CPhT Certified Pharmacy Technician -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
