Re: [Samba] new to samba, pointers/guidance needed

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On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 09:27 -0400, Ray Leventhal wrote:
> followup:
>=20
> I'm guessing it's the passwd backend parameter that I've got wrong. =20
> What's the right setting to use /etc/passwd || /etc/shadow for=20
> authentication? (Using webmin, I've managed to sync the Unix users and=20
> samba users)

two pointers:

1. % man smb.conf

2. passdb backend =3D guest
how come you set this to "guest"?=20

according to the man page, "passdb backend" can either be:

--------CUT---------
* smbpasswd - The default smbpasswd backend. Takes a path to the
smbpasswd file as an optional argument.

* tdbsam - The TDB based password storage backend. Takes a path to
the TDB as an optional argument (defaults to passdb.tdb in the
private dir directory.

* ldapsam - The LDAP based passdb backend. Takes an LDAP URL as an
optional argument (defaults to ldap://localhost)

LDAP connections should be secured where possible. This may be done
using either Start-TLS (see ldap ssl) or by specifying ldaps:// in the
URL argument.

Multiple servers may also be specified in double-quotes, if your LDAP
libraries supports the LDAP URL notation. (OpenLDAP does).
=EF=BB=BF--------CUT---------

you cannot simply use /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow for Samba. Samba needs
its own password store unless you use LDAP (ldapsam).

You should also read the extensive documentation (HOWTOs) on
www.samba.org, eg. you could start with

http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/...n/install.html

--=20
=EF=BB=BFUdo Rader

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