> > I really hate to be daft here, but I am still not understanding > > something: > > > > I want samba to accept the password that is supplied as part of the > > connection from windows, when it does this, it should check against my > > password server (the domain controller) instead of the smbpasswd file, > > can someone point me in the right direction. I agree with the one > > respondent that said that from a security standpoint it is very bad > > practice to have each user give me their network password to enter into > > the smbpasswd file, but I haven't been able to get samba to authenticate > > against the domain, instead of the smbpasswd, so right now that's the > > only recourse I have > ---- > samba has a lot of documentation - well done - probably the best of all > open source projects > > http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/ > > has links to both the 'How-To' and the 'by Example' > > >From what you have stated above, I am gathering that you should have > security = domain and winbindd set up but I didn't follow the thread > from the start. > > Best to work this through so you get an understanding of it. > > Craig > [Tim Holmes wrote] Craig and others: Excellent suggestion, and I am currently working this through. I am using the guide in the samba-HOW-TO document, in the fast start segment, to set up a domain member server, as this describes precisely what I am looking for. I have copied in the suggested smb.conf (thankfully I have a spare server that is serving as a testbed), modified it slightly to fit our domain (our domain name, proper netbios name, removing the shares that don't apply etc) now I am trying to get things running. I executed the net rpc join command supplying the proper credentials for our domain, and it successfully joined the domain I started nmbd, and smbd, but when ever I try to start windbindd, I get an error that the command is not found. I am guessing that it means that the windbind daemon is not installed, but im not sure as I may be missing another concept someplace else -- can someone please point me in the right direction. TIM
