[sclug] debian/samba+PAM

[Leon Ward]

	> Morning All,
And what a wonderful one it is!

	> 
	> I have now set up my dev box to run Debian (currently a mix of
testing/unstable).
	> I have tried to set up samba, and would like to use PAM & winbind
to allow users to change their NT passwords & samba/unix passwords in one
go.
	> I did the whole apt-get install of samba, libpam-samba and
winbind, and have samba up and running - but no password sync.

I don't know Debian that well, so I wont touch on the Debian side of life.

"Password Syncing" has been the reason I have turned to winbindd, as it is
_not_ required.
Forgive me if I an wrong here (it is quite likely so I am sure that someone
will be pleased to correct)....

winbindd doesn't sync with your NT domain controller but actually queries it
for user / group information as required.
Therefore, depending on your set-up, accounts that are valid in your domain
can me made valid for *nix login (depending on correct pam config)

Quick Example of talking to DC's

[root at leo bin]# ./wbinfo -u
DOMAIN+bob
DOMAIN+barry
DOMAIN+steve
DOMAIN+peter      (edited ;op)
DOMAIN+paul
DOMAIN+Administrator
DOMAIN+betty
DOMAIN+nard
DOMAIN+Zippy
--snip--

[root at leo bin]# getent passwd
--snip--
DOMAIN+nard:x:10001:10001:Leon Ward:/home/DOMAIN/nard:/bin/false
--snip--


hope this helps????

nard


> My smb.conf file seems to be ok.
> 
> Is there a certain order that I should follow when apt-getting the modules
for samba (to operate in this manner)?
> 
> If anyone else has had experience here it would be good to hear your
problem solving!! (I was previously using SME server - and want to do it al
myself!!)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
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