Samba

Description

This is a short howto about connecting a Linux machine via Samba to an Windows ADS Domain.

USE-Flags

File: /etc/portage/package.use

net-nds/openldap kerberos samba
net-fs/samba -cups addns ads ldap winbind

Installation

# emerge samba

Configuration

See kerberos for the required kerberos configuration.

File: /etc/conf.d/samba

daemon_list="smbd nmbd winbind"

File: /etc/samba/smb.conf

[global]
        workgroup = YOURDOMAIN
        netbios name = HOSTNAME
        server string = HOSTNAME
        realm = YOURDOMAIN.LOCAL
        security = ADS
        encrypt passwords = yes
        client use spnego = yes
        idmap uid = 15000-20000
        idmap gid = 15000-20000
        winbind use default domain = yes
        wins server = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
        dos charset = 850
        unix charset = UTF-8
        domain master = no
        local master = no
        preferred master = no
        os level = 0

include = /etc/samba/shares.conf

File: /etc/samba/shares.conf

[testshare]
        comment = Testshare
        path = /mnt/testshare
        valid users = YOURDOMAIN\username, @YOURDOMAIN\groupname
        writeable = No
        guest ok = Yes
        browseable = Yes

File: /etc/nsswitch.conf

passwd:      compat winbind
shadow:      compat winbind
group:       compat winbind

Join the ADS Domain

# net ads join -U Administrator

and enter the domain-administrator password.

Finalize

# /etc/init.d/samba start

# rc-update add samba default

Further Reading

• Squid - Authentificate Squid users against ADS
• kerberos - Kerberos configuration for authentificating users against ADS
• pam_krb5 - Authentificate System users against ADS
• not available yet - Manage your Samba shares in a MySQL database and administer them via a webinterface