James B. Byrne wrote: > I am trying to get our prototype Linux workstation to allow users to see > shares on our legacy MicroSoft Windows-2000 Domain Server, I can find > guides for setting up Samba as a Primary Domain Controller but I cannot > seem to locate any good and expansive guide for setting up a samba > workstation and just joining the domain. Perhaps this is so trivial a > process no-one thinks that it requires such a guide. > > We have user logins to that workstation using the existing Windows Domain > controller for authentication but I cannot seem to unlock how to allow > access to the shares. We have CUPS configured to the networked printers > but I had to use the administrator's id and password to get that to work. > > I am really looking for a comprehensive guide to the entire process from > the CentOS workstation point of view and any pointers to such are > earnestly sought. I found this site: > http://linux.unimelb.edu.au/server/course/fc3/samba.html which seems to > fairly complete but I lack sufficient experience with samba and kerberos > to determine exactly what this is telling me. I believe at this point > that I should be using the "ADS security model" but I have no idea what a > "kerberos realm" is (at least with respect to an existing MicroSoft > Domain). I also lack the knowledge of how to configure this portion of > the set up so a guiding hand is most welcome. > > Our fqdn for the Microsoft domain is "brockley.harte-lyne.ca" > > I have set up the samba server setting to this: > > Basic: Workgroup: brockley Description: <fqhn of Linux workstation> > > Security: Auth Mode: ADS Auth. Server: BRDC-01.Brockley.Harte-Lyne.ca > Kerberos Realm: blank (and I cannot set it so that the setting is > preserved) Encrypt Passwords: Yes Guest Account: No Guest Account > > Are you making sure that you re-start the Samba server after making any configuration changes? I'm only asking as this one has caused a few "Homer" moments for me (doh!).