Samba + LDAP

petrjanda · Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:29 pm Post subject: Samba + LDAP

Well my question is simple, what can Samba + LDAP do more or better than running Samba alone? Could anyone explain to me the use of LDAP together with samba(running as a PDC)?
Thanx
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n3mo · Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:18 pm Post subject:

You could replicate the accounts on a slave server, you could use ldap to authenticate both the samba and linux user.

tsunami7 · Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:26 pm Post subject:

Apparently using both allows you to set up a domain controller for your Windows network as well as your linux network. That way you can have one login account for the entire network. At least that's the way I understand it. I'm currently in the process of setting this up myself, so we'll see how well it works.
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petrjanda · Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 2:02 am Post subject:

So samba alone can't authenticate users in linux?
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