[ILUG] Samba 3 & NT4 PDC authentication

[nils]

> Hi all,
> 
> I have an NT4 PDC (freshly installed today with all updates etc)
> I have a freshly installed AS3 - also installed today (update2 + all
> updates via rhn)
> 
> Now I want to use the NT4 PDC as the authentication server (nossers),
> so I
> have done the following to my smb.conf:
> 
> [global]
> 
> workgroup = NOSSERS
> server string = Samba 3 on ADV3
> 
> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> max log size = 50
> 
> security = domain
> password server = nt4pdc
> 
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> local master = no
> os level = 33
> dns proxy = yes
> 
> (Name resolution works fine by the way, forward & reverse)
> 
> I then joined the PDC with the following command:
> net join -S nt4pdc -U administrator%password
> 
> This joineds it without a problem and is properly declared in "server
> manager" on windoza
> 
> As I am using invalid unix names I added the following to
> /etc/samba/smbusers :
> conor.wynne = conor
> conor being a valid linux user.
> 
> I joined the domain with an XP client and logged in as conor.wynne and
> thats grand.
> However, when I click on "Samba 3 on ADV3 (weegirl)" it fails to allow
> access. The error is as follows:
> "\\weegirl is not accessible, you may not have permission to access
> this
> network resource...."
> 
> Help me Obi-Wan.
> 
> Conor Wynne
> Dublin
> Irlande.

You will have to use winbind to auth against a winnt server.
http://ie.samba.org/samba/docs/man/winbindd.8.html
 I have a config file http://www.olofsson.tv/smb.conf might come in
handy.I just changed stuff i needed. so there is a lot of crap in it.
nils