My latest idea is to set samba up as my primary domain controller and then use LDAP for authentication. I’m not sure if this is a good idea or not, but I decided that I wanted to try it.
First things, according to some websites I’ve read, I need to install smbldap-tools. I couldn’t find an rpm for this, but then found that they were included with the samba rpm. Location: /usr/share/doc/samba-3.0.10/LDAP/smbldap-tools. Then, to install them, I need to do the following:
copy the perl scripts to /usr/local/sbin
smbpasswd -w secret to set up ldap admin password in secrets.tdb. (I did this and didn’t use secret)
I need to do something else, but I’m not exactly sure what it is. I’ll add on when I figure it out.
Ok, this is just wrong. I don’t need a primary domain controller. All I want to be able to do is have the windows logons use the linux ldap server for access. And, have the linux samba server use the same ldap server for authentication. A PDC brings up profiles and all that other crap I don’t want to deal with. So, I’m going back to just trying to figure out how to get samba to use the ldap server for authentication.