Samba and AD

[Thomas Cameron]

azeem ahmad wrote:
> hi all
> 
> i have an FC4 box which authenticates its urses against a Windows Active 
> Directory
> 
> i have created the followinf share on the samba server
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> [Labs]
>   comment = LAB Staff's Share
>   path = /home/share
>   valid users = must asif faqhi adnan
>   browseable = yes
>   public = no
>   writable = yes
>   printable = no
>   create mask = 0765
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> 
> note that asif, faqhi, adnan and must all are the users of Active 
> directory. they can logon to the sshd running on the same box and they 
> can open their home directories on the same box in Windows Network 
> places, for home directories the configuration is as following
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
>   idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
>   idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
>   template homedir = /home/%U
>   template shell = /bin/bash
>   winbind use default domain = yes
>   password server = 168.10.1.255
>   realm = GCU.EDU.PK
> [homes]
>   comment = Home Directories
>   browseable = no
>   writable = yes
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> 
> the problem is that when users open samba server in their network 
> places, they can see their own home directory and the share named Labs. 
> but when they try to access the Labs share, they get a message of access 
> denied
> 
> do any one have any opinion on this

The steps outlined at:

http://people.redhat.com/tcameron/rhel-ad/1024x768/

Should work for FC4.  Pay special attention to the mount options and 
permissions stuff.

-- 
Thomas