Alan,
This is what I am trying to achieve, I understand that there should be
suport for this
in Suse 7.3, though can`t make it work as I can`t find the winbond
executables.
I would love to find someone who has done it!
Rob
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From: "Alan Davies"
OK - I have an NT domain - and I am still playing with LINUX.
If my understanding is correct (and it often isnt)
winbind is part of - or an addition to samba it allows linux to 'see' the NT usernames it allows the NT domain to authenticate (presumably by relaying the request) rather than the linux box.
Now the questions. With Winbind..
If a user exists on the Domain (but not in linux) they can logon and run a shell or kde session?
Can you have additional users in the linux password file too? (I assume yes - and I assume it tries these first and duplicated names would default to linux box password not the domain one.
I could run a mail server on the linux box and my NT users would be able to access it via POP or IMAP without a separate or different username and password? Would I need to make any changes to the mailserver for it to realise that authentication was to come from the domain?
If an NT user has a home direcotry on an NT machine where would the home directory for a user logging into a kde session be? Would this be the domain one (a samba share) if no details existed in linux box?
And can I install this winbind bit without compilation - is there an rpm for SUSE 7.3 - or does that version of Samba already have it? - or how would I know?
Has anyone ACTUALLY done this?
-- Alan Davies Head of Computing Birkenhead School
-- Alan Davies Head of Computing Birkenhead School
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