Christian Leutloff wrote: > > Adam Shand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I know this is a FAQ, and the answer is no in principle, because the > > > > Samba > > > > team won't do any development regarding authentication services (with a > > > > justified reason), but I'd like to know if Debian can replace NTS -- > > > > obviating the lack of authentication. > > > > I hadn't heard that about the Samba team. What are their reasons for not > > doing further work on authentication services? > > so far as a know the main problem is the not documented communication > between the servers. But on the other hand there should be > authentication against the Samba server possible with the next major > release. > > I'm searching a solution for this problem to. There was sometime ago > an announcement that a company provides a commercial solution for the > authentication problem.
The current sambades package allows encrypted authentication (which NT with service pak 3 requires, unless you twiddle the registry). Samba *can not* act as a domain controller (although it works fine as a WINS server). If you want to authenticate users *through* a domain controller this works fine. I use it extensively. Users have accounts on our NT PDC and I set the following in the /etc/smb.conf file: encrypt passwords = true password server = YOUR-NTSERVER security = server The docs *which come with the samba package* indicate that work is being done to allow samba to function as a domain controller. I wouldn't be surprised if they blew this off since the current domain/user/group stuff if being scrapped for Directory Services in NT 5 (which is built upon an actual non-M$ standard, X.500). The current "domain" system blows major chunks if you have more than a single workgroup. Ask anyone who actually administers such a system. Any questions? -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
