[plug] Samba domain issues

[Paul Dean]

Hya Mark,

On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Mark Nold wrote:

> 
> 
> Paul,
> 
> Nice summary :) Is it mandatory that you run smbpasswd (cant remember if
> this is exact name) for all new user accounts? I think that caught me out
> even though they sync ever since.
Ooopps Yep thanks Mark forgot that, 

6 Run smbpasswd -a username (adds)
7 Run smbpasswd -e username (enables)
8 Run smbpasswd -m machinename$ (adds)

This syncs Samba db with the linux users db

Don't forget to Unlock the user in the linux db first.
> 
> 
> >The first things you must do on your samba server is :
> >1 Server Name (obviously)
> >2 User account and mapping of the users name (if different in win/linux)
> >3 Machine account (useradd -d /dev/null -s /bin/false machinename$)
> >4 Encrypted passwds must be turned on in smb.conf
> >5 Domain logons = yes
> >These must be setup properly or Samba won't answer as a Domain
> >Controller.
> 
> 

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