[K12OSN] Linux Client Authentication with Samba PDC?

[Paul VanGundy]

Although the final version hasn't been released yet, Samba 4 might be an
option for you as well in the future. 

-Paul


On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 19:55 -0700, rmcdaniel at indata.us wrote:
> Why would you not chose to use LDAP.   Everything is migrating to LDAP
> authentication.  Even our copier authenticates against  an LDAP server
> for authentication.  It sure makes things much easier!
> 
> Ron
> 
> 
> 
> Ronald R. McDaniel
> Conecuh County Schools
> (251) 578-7073 x26
> (251) 238-1890 cell
> 1*4238*104 SouthernLinc
> rmcdaniel at indata.us
> 
> 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Linux Client Authentication with Samba PDC?
> > From: Vern Ceder <vceder at canterburyschool.org>
> > Date: Mon, April 03, 2006 9:39 pm
> > To: "Support list for opensource software in schools."
> > <k12osn at redhat.com>
> > 
> > Kevin,
> > 
> > You don't need LDAP - you can authenticate off of SAMBA. I've got 
> > description of how we do it with Ubuntu (some dual boot with WinXP, some 
> > just Linux) at http://tech.canterburyschool.org/tech/UbuntuWorkstations 
> > . The one difference is that our PDC is actually a WinNT box, but it 
> > should work on a SAMBA PDC.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Vern
> > 
> > 
> > Onatawahtaw wrote:
> > > Greetings,
> > > 
> > > We currently have a number of Windows (98 and XP) that
> > > log into a Linux Server using Samba as a PDC. This
> > > server also contains the students' home directories. 
> > > 
> > > I have recently made another partition on some of the
> > > windows clients and have installed Ubuntu. I can log
> > > into the Ubuntu machines locally, but have no idea how
> > > to authenticate with the server instead. Once logged
> > > in I want to be able to provide access to the same
> > > home directories. I do not want to use the thin client
> > > method because right now our server is only 400MHz
> > > (yeah I know). 
> > > 
> > >>From doing some research I understand that I probably
> > > have to use LDAP for authentication, but don't have a
> > > clue where to start. Does it work with along with
> > > Samba or separately from Samba? How does one go about
> > > setting it up? Or if there is a better way, please
> > > advise.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your help, :)
> > > 
> > > -Kevin
> > > 
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