Re: [Samba] Synchronising password of some AD users with an external LDAP?

2013-03-16 Thread Johan Johansson
There is a way to sync passwords. It's not perfect but it works if you can live with passwords stored as reversible encryption in samba4. 1. Allow clear text password by using samba-tools 2. Enable reversible encryption on each user (can be done with ms ad tool) 3. Make a query and use samba

Re: [Samba] Synchronising password of some AD users with an external LDAP?

2013-02-28 Thread Pekka L.J. Jalkanen
On 26.2.2013 23:34, Andrew Bartlett wrote: On Tue, 2013-02-26 at 18:16 +0200, Pekka L.J. Jalkanen wrote: True, webservers can authenticate against AD in a similar fashion to other LDAPs. But that's not the whole story. The thing is that Samba 4 is designed from a ground up with AD in mind,

[Samba] Synchronising password of some AD users with an external LDAP?

2013-02-26 Thread Pekka L.J. Jalkanen
I'm in a situation where I should establish an external (i.e. non-AD) LDAP directory for my employer for various web-based authentication purposes. I don't think that Samba--or Windows AD, for that matter--in and itself would be the best tool for this purpose; so far I've been reviewing 389 DS,

Re: [Samba] Synchronising password of some AD users with an external LDAP?

2013-02-26 Thread Daniel Müller
Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. Februar 2013 15:01 An: samba@lists.samba.org Betreff: [Samba] Synchronising password of some AD users with an external LDAP? I'm in a situation where I should establish an external (i.e. non-AD) LDAP directory for my employer for various web-based authentication purposes. I don't

Re: [Samba] Synchronising password of some AD users with an external LDAP?

2013-02-26 Thread Gregory Sloop
PLJJ I know that if I were running a Windows AD, I could most likely PLJJ accomplish what I want with--if nothing else--the 389 DS by using PLJJ DS-provided Password Sync Service (see PLJJ

Re: [Samba] Synchronising password of some AD users with an external LDAP?

2013-02-26 Thread Pekka L.J. Jalkanen
: [Samba] Synchronising password of some AD users with an external LDAP? I'm in a situation where I should establish an external (i.e. non-AD) LDAP directory for my employer for various web-based authentication purposes. I don't think that Samba--or Windows AD, for that matter--in and itself

Re: [Samba] Synchronising password of some AD users with an external LDAP?

2013-02-26 Thread Pekka L.J. Jalkanen
On 26.2.2013 17:16, Gregory Sloop wrote: PLJJ I know that if I were running a Windows AD, I could most likely PLJJ accomplish what I want with--if nothing else--the 389 DS by using PLJJ DS-provided Password Sync Service (see PLJJ

Re: [Samba] Synchronising password of some AD users with an external LDAP?

2013-02-26 Thread Gregory Sloop
PLJJ I know that if I were running a Windows AD, I could most likely PLJJ accomplish what I want with--if nothing else--the 389 DS by using PLJJ DS-provided Password Sync Service (see PLJJ

Re: [Samba] Synchronising password of some AD users with an external LDAP?

2013-02-26 Thread Andrew Bartlett
On Tue, 2013-02-26 at 18:16 +0200, Pekka L.J. Jalkanen wrote: True, webservers can authenticate against AD in a similar fashion to other LDAPs. But that's not the whole story. The thing is that Samba 4 is designed from a ground up with AD in mind, and AD itself has been designed with