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====== Samba with LDAP ======

For Samba I don't go through the hassle of converting existing info in the smbpasswd file - instead the accounts will be added with ''smbpasswd'' utility after changing Samba's config file.

Before we can add Samba accounts to the [[LDAP]] Server we need a schemafile wich is available from the samba-doc package:

  #> apt-get install samba-doc
  #> zcat /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/examples/LDAP/samba.schema.gz \
     > /etc/ldap/schema/samba.schema

Edit ''/etc/ldap/slapd.conf'' to include this schema and restart the server.

Now we can reconfigure Samba - you should stop Samba before doing so. Now edit ''/etc/samba/smb.conf'' and add some LDAP options to the global section:

<file>
passdb backend = ldapsam
ldap server   = 127.0.0.1
ldap admin dn = cn=admin,dc=my,dc=home
ldap suffix   = dc=my,dc=home
</file>

Restart Samba and give it the LDAP admin password with ''smbpasswd -w <secret>''. Now you can add samba password to your existing users with ''smbpasswd -a <user>''..