[Wolves] Samba in an Active Directories environment

[Simon Morris]

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Old Dan wrote:
> On 11/17/05, Ian Harper <idharper at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>On 17/11/05, Simon Morris <mozrat at gmail.com> wrote:
>><snip>
>></snip>
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>>>* Configure PAM to use Winbind
>>>* use the `net' command to add your machine into AD. If your smb.conf
>>>command is correct it will know which domain to join to.
>>>Loads of more information to give you, but no time this afternoon!
>>>Feel free to ask more
>>
>>Thanks for this Simon, it looks like its gonna be a big job - do you
>>know of any simple step by step instructions for a basic set up
>>anywhere on the net ?
>>
>>Is there info I need from the parent company re the AD server i.e. SID's etc ?
> 
> 
> Hi Ian
> 
> It's not /that/ big a job.

Hey Dan. Good to hear you are not dead!!!  :)

No, I was thinking on the tube home. I make it 5 files to edit
('/etc/nsswitch.conf', '/etc/samba/smb.conf', '/etc/pam.d/common-*') and
 one command ('/usr/bin/net').

Disclaimer: That might be inaccurate but I can't think of a lot more

> There is a brilliant book out about this; Samba-3 By Example by Bruce
> Perens, published by Prentice-Hall International which should tell you
> all you need to know.
> 

I might go and buy it. I have the O'Reilly book which isn't bad but I
have nothing post "security = ads" to cross reference against.

Rgds

~sm
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