> I have a need to allow Windows 2003 to authenticate users using Active
> Directory, and allow them to use a Samba file server. I would like to
> use a single user store instead of a Linux store and a Windows store.
> This brings up three scenarios:
> 1. Maintain both, but create a sync program to keep them in sync :(
> 2. Use AD, but have Linux use LDAP via AD for authentication. Is this
> possible?
> 3. Use Samba as AD. This is my preferred solution, but is it
> possible? samba.org web site seemed to indicate that it is, but was not
> explicit. Anyone have any experience/comments on this?
Check out Samba v3.0 that was just released. It is supposed to be able to
integrate into an AD setup:
http://us4.samba.org/samba/whatsnew/samba-3.0.0.html
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