connecting linux box to windows 2000 domain

[Derek Doucette]

I think thats what I need, I started messing with it Friday at work,
I'll get back to you guys on the status, thanks for the look though.

Derek

On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 11:44, Ken Ambrose wrote:
> Howdy!  Okay -- I'm not even sure what the MAC file is supposed to be, but
> let's set that aside for the moment.  Until very recently, Samba
> absolutely required local user accounts to be in synch with the NT domain.
> However, now there is winbind.  "Winbind... allows Windows NT domain users
> to appear and operate as UNIX users on a UNIX machine."  See
> http://va.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html#WINBIND for
> more info.  Note that I've never set it up (I've been in an
> all-Linux-server environment since it was released), so I have no
> experience with it, but I'm pretty sure it's what you're looking for.
> 
> $.02,
> 
> -Ken
> 
> 
> On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Derek Doucette wrote:
> 
> > I am having some problems connecting my linux box to a win2k domain.  After running the command smbpasswd: -j <NT_DOMAIN> -r <NT_PDC> my machine gets added to the system, and can be seen by computers on the network, however in order to authenticate, I still need to use my linux box account.
> >
> > In the smbusers I have added my 2000 username to my linux entry.  When I ran the command to join the domain, I was told that there would be a <domain>.<sambaname>.mac file.  I have no such file or any .mac file present.  In my smb.conf file the global section is as follows:
> >
> > [global]
> >         ;smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
> >         path = /home
> >         dns proxy = no
> >         encrypt passwords = yes
> >         socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> >         valid users = derek, mike, ddoucette
> >         wide links = no
> > ;       printcap name = /etc/printcap
> >         max log size = 0
> >         server string = Alpha_linux Samba Server
> >         comment = alpha_linux home directory
> >         log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> >
> >         ;testing for NT Domain
> >         netbios name = ALPHA_LINUX
> >         workgroup = SERVERS
> >         password server = *
> >         security = domain
> >         add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd %u -g smbusers
> >         delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel %u
> >         local master = no
> >         os level = 33
> >         wins support = no
> >         wins server = *.*.*.*
> >         hosts allow = 10. 127.
> >
> > Any ideas why I cannot authenticate with my windows user info or how to get a .mac file?  This is my first shot as samba, so it should be something easy that I overlooked.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Derek
> >
> >
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