[K12OSN] smbldap and webmin on Debian

[Rob Owens]

Thanks for all the documentation Jim.  I played around w/ it and almost have it working like I want.  And I'm still learning a lot.

I have no use for Samba at home (plain LDAP would suffice), but I'm trying to learn the Samba stuff so I can do it if asked to.

-Rob

> 
> Hey Rob, yeah, read the old post, that will help you with samba crap along with webmin
> and LDAP.  The new howto is more for LDAP only and management with webmin.  I love the
> samba/ldap installer for samba/ldap installations.  But if I don't have to muddy crap
> with samba, I won't.  So that is why I came up with this howto without samba.  And since
> there is no ldap installer I wanted as simple of instructions as possible for server
> setup, client setup, use with nfs homes, and gui management.  Mostly I make these and
> post them to a list so in the future when I forget how I did something I just google my
> name, howto, and my problem and I find my old instructions.  Sort of primitive but I
> suck at maintaining documentation :-)
> 
> And like you I need a gui for co-workers, secretary, you name it to be able to manage
> users without my help in a simple way.  I command line 90% of the time, but gui
> management is always handy and still a necessity for others.
> 
> Craig, I hear you with knowing how things work.  I don't know how much you've messed
> with the LDAP module in webmin, but it doesn't make a ton of sense in relation to how
> LDAP samba works.  Some of the syntax is crazy.  And unless things are just right, the
> entire module breaks.  I had to contact Jamie Cameron (the guy that wrote the module) to
> find out about the $USER variable that is unknown and not in the documentation that
> makes the use of the module and mass user creation possible.  I could get every other
> management module working, but Webmin LDAP was a bugger.  I had LDAP running in a day, 4
> other management tools running in an hour....a week and a half later, webmin ldap users
> and groups.  I feel anyones pain with that module :-)
> 
> Anyhow Rob, if you follow that post you should find my old instructions about how to
> configure Webmin LDAP to work with the Samba/LDAP installer and it works great, but way
> different that the ubuntu ldap howto.  When I put that together things were broken to
> where it didn't create the Samba accounts properly, but that has since been fixed, and
> even though I don't actively use the directions.  I've had others report they used my
> instructions with the smb/ldap installer and webmin and it works perfectly.
> 
> So chin up, you should be able to get it working.  Quick note why I worked so hard
> getting webmin's module to work, every other management app I tried to use was missing a
> key feature.  Webmin's is the only one that had every feature I needed, I just couldn't
> get it working.
> 
> Other good news, I saw in the UDS Boston notes they were finally discussing expansion of
> the Gnome users and groups module to include options for ldap management and possibly
> others such as NIS,etc.  This would be a huge step forward.  This would mean that you
> could possibly go into the default user/group manager in the OS, check a box for central
> authentication, then fill in LDAP authentication and credentials, and use the default OS
> management tools for bulk addition/deletion and modification.  When this happens, these
> discussions will be a thing of the past......awesome.
> 
> Good luck Rob, I hope you get it working, you'll love it when you do.  New year at
> school, import csv of students not returning, get coffee, import csv with new students,
> get donut, return with your work done and a full stomach kick back and smile.  And with
> about 2 minutes of work all your students can connect from Appletalk, Samba, FTP, login
> to a thin client and any other workstation, mobile profiles, and get email.  You can't
> beat that.
> 
> Jim
> 
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