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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/passdb.xml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/passdb.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 043c452a1f..0000000000 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/passdb.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1730 +0,0 @@ -<chapter id="passdb"> -<chapterinfo> - &author.jelmer; - &author.jht; - &author.jerry; - &author.jeremy; - <author>&person.gd;<contrib>LDAP updates</contrib></author> - <author> - <firstname>Olivier (lem)</firstname><surname>Lemaire</surname> - <affiliation> - <orgname>IDEALX</orgname> - <address><email>olem@IDEALX.org</email></address> - </affiliation> - </author> - - <pubdate>May 24, 2003</pubdate> -</chapterinfo> -<title>Account Information Databases</title> - -<para> -Samba-3 implements a new capability to work concurrently with multiple account backends. -The possible new combinations of password backends allows Samba-3 a degree of flexibility -and scalability that previously could be achieved only with MS Windows Active Directory. -This chapter describes the new functionality and how to get the most out of it. -</para> - -<para> -In the development of Samba-3, a number of requests were received to provide the -ability to migrate MS Windows NT4 SAM accounts to Samba-3 without the need to provide -matching UNIX/Linux accounts. We called this the <emphasis>Non-UNIX Accounts (NUA)</emphasis> -capability. The intent was that an administrator could decide to use the <emphasis>tdbsam</emphasis> -backend and by simply specifying <smbconfoption><name>passdb backend</name><value>tdbsam_nua</value></smbconfoption>, -this would allow Samba-3 to implement a solution that did not use UNIX accounts per se. Late -in the development cycle, the team doing this work hit upon some obstacles that prevents this -solution from being used. Given the delays with the Samba-3 release, a decision was made to not -deliver this functionality until a better method of recognizing NT Group SIDs from NT User -SIDs could be found. This feature may return during the life cycle for the Samba-3 series. -</para> - -<note><para> -Samba-3 does not support Non-UNIX Account (NUA) operation for user accounts. -Samba-3 does support NUA operation for machine accounts. -</para></note> - -<sect1> -<title>Features and Benefits</title> - -<para> -Samba-3 provides for complete backward compatibility with Samba-2.2.x functionality -as follows: -<indexterm><primary>SAM backend</primary><secondary>smbpasswd</secondary></indexterm> -<indexterm><primary>SAM backend</primary><secondary>ldapsam_compat</secondary></indexterm> -<indexterm><primary>encrypted passwords</primary></indexterm> -</para> - -<?latex \newpage ?> - -<sect2> - <title>Backward Compatibility Backends</title> - -<variablelist> - <varlistentry><term>Plain Text</term> - <listitem> - <para> - This option uses nothing but the UNIX/Linux <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> - style backend. On systems that have Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) - support, all PAM modules are supported. The behavior is just as it was with - Samba-2.2.x, and the protocol limitations imposed by MS Windows clients - apply likewise. Please refer to <link linkend="passdbtech"/> for more information - regarding the limitations of Plain Text password usage. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>smbpasswd</term> - <listitem> - <para> - This option allows continued use of the <filename>smbpasswd</filename> - file that maintains a plain ASCII (text) layout that includes the MS Windows - LanMan and NT encrypted passwords as well as a field that stores some - account information. This form of password backend does not store any of - the MS Windows NT/200x SAM (Security Account Manager) information required to - provide the extended controls that are needed for more comprehensive - interoperation with MS Windows NT4/200x servers. - </para> - - <para> - This backend should be used only for backward compatibility with older - versions of Samba. It may be deprecated in future releases. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>ldapsam_compat (Samba-2.2 LDAP Compatibility)</term> - <listitem> - <para> - There is a password backend option that allows continued operation with - an existing OpenLDAP backend that uses the Samba-2.2.x LDAP schema extension. - This option is provided primarily as a migration tool, although there is - no reason to force migration at this time. This tool will eventually - be deprecated. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> -</variablelist> - -</sect2> - -<sect2> -<title>New Backends</title> - -<para> -Samba-3 introduces a number of new password backend capabilities. -<indexterm><primary>SAM backend</primary><secondary>tdbsam</secondary></indexterm> -<indexterm><primary>SAM backend</primary><secondary>ldapsam</secondary></indexterm> -<indexterm><primary>SAM backend</primary><secondary>mysqlsam</secondary></indexterm> -<indexterm><primary>SAM backend</primary><secondary>xmlsam</secondary></indexterm> -</para> - -<variablelist> - <varlistentry><term>tdbsam</term> - <listitem> - <para> - This backend provides a rich database backend for local servers. This - backend is not suitable for multiple Domain Controllers (i.e., PDC + one - or more BDC) installations. - </para> - - <para> - The <emphasis>tdbsam</emphasis> password backend stores the old <emphasis> - smbpasswd</emphasis> information plus the extended MS Windows NT / 200x - SAM information into a binary format TDB (trivial database) file. - The inclusion of the extended information makes it possible for Samba-3 - to implement the same account and system access controls that are possible - with MS Windows NT4/200x-based systems. - </para> - - <para> - The inclusion of the <emphasis>tdbsam</emphasis> capability is a direct - response to user requests to allow simple site operation without the overhead - of the complexities of running OpenLDAP. It is recommended to use this only - for sites that have fewer than 250 users. For larger sites or implementations, - the use of OpenLDAP or of Active Directory integration is strongly recommended. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>ldapsam</term> - <listitem> - <para> - This provides a rich directory backend for distributed account installation. - </para> - - <para> - Samba-3 has a new and extended LDAP implementation that requires configuration - of OpenLDAP with a new format Samba schema. The new format schema file is - included in the <filename class="directory">examples/LDAP</filename> directory of the Samba distribution. - </para> - - <para> - The new LDAP implementation significantly expands the control abilities that - were possible with prior versions of Samba. It is now possible to specify - <quote>per user</quote> profile settings, home directories, account access controls, and - much more. Corporate sites will see that the Samba Team has listened to their - requests both for capability and to allow greater scalability. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>mysqlsam (MySQL based backend)</term> - <listitem> - <para> - It is expected that the MySQL-based SAM will be very popular in some corners. - This database backend will be of considerable interest to sites that want to - leverage existing MySQL technology. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry><term>xmlsam (XML based datafile)</term> - <listitem> - <para> -<indexterm><primary>pdbedit</primary></indexterm> - Allows the account and password data to be stored in an XML format - data file. This backend cannot be used for normal operation, it can only - be used in conjunction with <command>pdbedit</command>'s pdb2pdb - functionality. The DTD that is used might be subject to changes in the future. - </para> - - <para> - The <parameter>xmlsam</parameter> option can be useful for account migration between database - backends or backups. Use of this tool will allow the data to be edited before migration - into another backend format. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - -</variablelist> - -</sect2> - -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="passdbtech"> - <title>Technical Information</title> - - <para> - Old Windows clients send plain text passwords over the wire. Samba can check these - passwords by encrypting them and comparing them to the hash stored in the UNIX user database. - </para> - - <para> -<indexterm><primary>encrypted passwords</primary></indexterm> - Newer Windows clients send encrypted passwords (so-called Lanman and NT hashes) over - the wire, instead of plain text passwords. The newest clients will send only encrypted - passwords and refuse to send plain text passwords, unless their registry is tweaked. - </para> - - <para> - These passwords can't be converted to UNIX-style encrypted passwords. Because of that, - you can't use the standard UNIX user database, and you have to store the Lanman and NT - hashes somewhere else. - </para> - - <para> - In addition to differently encrypted passwords, Windows also stores certain data for each - user that is not stored in a UNIX user database. For example, workstations the user may logon from, - the location where the user's profile is stored, and so on. Samba retrieves and stores this - information using a <smbconfoption><name>passdb backend</name></smbconfoption>. Commonly available backends are LDAP, plain text - file, and MySQL. For more information, see the man page for &smb.conf; regarding the - <smbconfoption><name>passdb backend</name></smbconfoption> parameter. - </para> - - - <image scale="50" id="idmap-sid2uid"><imagedescription>IDMAP: Resolution of SIDs to UIDs.</imagedescription><imagefile>idmap-sid2uid</imagefile></image> - - <para> -<indexterm><primary>SID</primary></indexterm> - The resolution of SIDs to UIDs is fundamental to correct operation of Samba. In both cases shown, if winbindd is not running, or cannot - be contacted, then only local SID/UID resolution is possible. See <link linkend="idmap-sid2uid"/> and - <link linkend="idmap-uid2sid"/>. - </para> - - <image scale="50" id="idmap-uid2sid"><imagedescription>IDMAP: Resolution of UIDs to SIDs.</imagedescription><imagefile>idmap-uid2sid</imagefile></image> - - <sect2> - <title>Important Notes About Security</title> - - <para> - The UNIX and SMB password encryption techniques seem similar on the surface. This - similarity is, however, only skin deep. The UNIX scheme typically sends cleartext - passwords over the network when logging in. This is bad. The SMB encryption scheme - never sends the cleartext password over the network but it does store the 16 byte - hashed values on disk. This is also bad. Why? Because the 16 byte hashed values - are a <quote>password equivalent.</quote> You cannot derive the user's password from them, but - they could potentially be used in a modified client to gain access to a server. - This would require considerable technical knowledge on behalf of the attacker but - is perfectly possible. You should thus treat the datastored in whatever passdb - backend you use (smbpasswd file, LDAP, MYSQL) as though it contained the cleartext - passwords of all your users. Its contents must be kept secret and the file should - be protected accordingly. - </para> - - <para> - Ideally, we would like a password scheme that involves neither plain text passwords - on the network nor on disk. Unfortunately, this is not available as Samba is stuck with - having to be compatible with other SMB systems (Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 9x/Me). - </para> - - <para> - Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 changed the default setting so plaintext passwords - are disabled from being sent over the wire. This mandates either the use of encrypted - password support or editing the Windows NT registry to re-enable plaintext passwords. - </para> - - <para> - The following versions of Microsoft Windows do not support full domain security protocols, - although they may log onto a domain environment: - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>MS DOS Network client 3.0 with the basic network redirector installed.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Windows 95 with the network redirector update installed.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Windows 98 [Second Edition].</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Windows Me.</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <note> - <para> - MS Windows XP Home does not have facilities to become a Domain Member and it cannot participate in domain logons. - </para> - </note> - - <para> - The following versions of MS Windows fully support domain security protocols. - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>Windows NT 3.5x.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Windows NT 4.0.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Windows 2000 Professional.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Windows 200x Server/Advanced Server.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Windows XP Professional.</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para> - All current releases of Microsoft SMB/CIFS clients support authentication via the - SMB Challenge/Response mechanism described here. Enabling cleartext authentication - does not disable the ability of the client to participate in encrypted authentication. - Instead, it allows the client to negotiate either plain text or encrypted password - handling. - </para> - - <para> - MS Windows clients will cache the encrypted password alone. Where plain text passwords - are re-enabled through the appropriate registry change, the plain text password is never - cached. This means that in the event that a network connections should become disconnected - (broken), only the cached (encrypted) password will be sent to the resource server to - effect an auto-reconnect. If the resource server does not support encrypted passwords the - auto-reconnect will fail. Use of encrypted passwords is strongly advised. - </para> - - <sect3> - <title>Advantages of Encrypted Passwords</title> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>Plaintext passwords are not passed across - the network. Someone using a network sniffer cannot just - record passwords going to the SMB server.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>Plaintext passwords are not stored anywhere in - memory or on disk.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>Windows NT does not like talking to a server - that does not support encrypted passwords. It will refuse - to browse the server if the server is also in User Level - security mode. It will insist on prompting the user for the - password on each connection, which is very annoying. The - only things you can do to stop this is to use SMB encryption. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>Encrypted password support allows automatic share - (resource) reconnects.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>Encrypted passwords are essential for PDC/BDC - operation.</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </sect3> - - - <sect3> - <title>Advantages of Non-Encrypted Passwords</title> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>Plaintext passwords are not kept - on disk, and are not cached in memory. </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>Uses same password file as other UNIX - services such as Login and FTP.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>Use of other services (such as Telnet and FTP) that - send plain text passwords over the network, so sending them for SMB - is not such a big deal.</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </sect3> - </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>Mapping User Identifiers between MS Windows and UNIX</title> - - <para> - Every operation in UNIX/Linux requires a user identifier (UID), just as in - MS Windows NT4/200x this requires a Security Identifier (SID). Samba provides - two means for mapping an MS Windows user to a UNIX/Linux UID. - </para> - - <para> - First, all Samba SAM (Security Account Manager database) accounts require - a UNIX/Linux UID that the account will map to. As users are added to the account - information database, Samba will call the <smbconfoption><name>add user script</name></smbconfoption> - interface to add the account to the Samba host OS. In essence all accounts in - the local SAM require a local user account. - </para> - - <para> - The second way to effect Windows SID to UNIX UID mapping is via the - <emphasis>idmap uid</emphasis> and <emphasis>idmap gid</emphasis> parameters in &smb.conf;. - Please refer to the man page for information about these parameters. - These parameters are essential when mapping users from a remote SAM server. - </para> - - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="idmapbackend"> - <title>Mapping Common UIDs/GIDs on Distributed Machines</title> - - <para> - Samba-3 has a special facility that makes it possible to maintain identical UIDs and GIDs - on all servers in a distributed network. A distributed network is one where there exists - a PDC, one or more BDCs and/or one or more Domain Member servers. Why is this important? - This is important if files are being shared over more than one protocol (e.g., NFS) and where - users are copying files across UNIX/Linux systems using tools such as <command>rsync</command>. - </para> - - <para> - The special facility is enabled using a parameter called <parameter>idmap backend</parameter>. - The default setting for this parameter is an empty string. Technically it is possible to use - an LDAP based idmap backend for UIDs and GIDs, but it makes most sense when this is done for - network configurations that also use LDAP for the SAM backend. A sample use is shown in - <link linkend="idmapbackendexample"/>. - </para> - - <para> -<indexterm><primary>SAM backend</primary><secondary>ldapsam</secondary></indexterm> -<smbconfexample id="idmapbackendexample"> -<title>Example configuration with the LDAP idmap backend</title> -<smbconfsection>[global]</smbconfsection> -<smbconfoption><name>idmap backend</name><value>ldapsam:ldap://ldap-server.quenya.org:636</value></smbconfoption> -<smbconfcomment>Alternately, this could be specified as:</smbconfcomment> -<smbconfoption><name>idmap backend</name><value>ldapsam:ldaps://ldap-server.quenya.org</value></smbconfoption> -</smbconfexample> - </para> - - <para> - A network administrator who wants to make significant use of LDAP backends will sooner or later be - exposed to the excellent work done by PADL Software. PADL <ulink url="http://www.padl.com"/> have - produced and released to open source an array of tools that might be of interest. These tools include: - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>nss_ldap:</emphasis> An LDAP Name Service Switch module to provide native - name service support for AIX, Linux, Solaris, and other operating systems. This tool - can be used for centralized storage and retrieval of UIDs/GIDs. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>pam_ldap:</emphasis> A PAM module that provides LDAP integration for UNIX/Linux - system access authentication. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>idmap_ad:</emphasis> An IDMAP backend that supports the Microsoft Services for - UNIX RFC 2307 schema available from their web - <ulink url="http://www.padl.com/download/xad_oss_plugins.tar.gz">site</ulink>. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - - </sect2> -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="acctmgmttools"> -<title>Account Management Tools</title> - -<para> -<indexterm><primary>pdbedit</primary></indexterm> -Samba provides two tools for management of user and machine accounts. These tools are -called <command>smbpasswd</command> and <command>pdbedit</command>. A third tool is under -development but is not expected to ship in time for Samba-3.0.0. The new tool will be a TCL/TK -GUI tool that looks much like the MS Windows NT4 Domain User Manager. Hopefully this will -be announced in time for the Samba-3.0.1 release. -</para> - <sect2> - <title>The <emphasis>smbpasswd</emphasis> Command</title> - - <para> - The smbpasswd utility is similar to the <command>passwd</command> - or <command>yppasswd</command> programs. It maintains the two 32 byte password - fields in the passdb backend. - </para> - - <para> - <command>smbpasswd</command> works in a client-server mode where it contacts the - local smbd to change the user's password on its behalf. This has enormous benefits. - </para> - - <para> - <command>smbpasswd</command> has the capability to change passwords on Windows NT - servers (this only works when the request is sent to the NT Primary Domain Controller - if changing an NT Domain user's password). - </para> - - <para> - <command>smbpasswd</command> can be used to: -<indexterm><primary>User Management</primary></indexterm> -<indexterm><primary>User Accounts</primary><secondary>Adding/Deleting</secondary></indexterm> - - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para><emphasis>add</emphasis> user or machine accounts.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><emphasis>delete</emphasis> user or machine accounts.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><emphasis>enable</emphasis> user or machine accounts.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><emphasis>disable</emphasis> user or machine accounts.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><emphasis>set to NULL</emphasis> user passwords.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><emphasis>manage interdomain trust accounts.</emphasis></para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para> - To run smbpasswd as a normal user just type: - </para> - - <para> -<screen> -&prompt;<userinput>smbpasswd</userinput> -<prompt>Old SMB password: </prompt><userinput><replaceable>secret</replaceable></userinput> -</screen> - For <replaceable>secret</replaceable>, type old value here or press return if - there is no old password. -<screen> -<prompt>New SMB Password: </prompt><userinput><replaceable>new secret</replaceable></userinput> -<prompt>Repeat New SMB Password: </prompt><userinput><replaceable>new secret</replaceable></userinput> -</screen> - </para> - - <para> - If the old value does not match the current value stored for that user, or the two - new values do not match each other, then the password will not be changed. - </para> - - <para> - When invoked by an ordinary user, the command will only allow the user to change his or her own - SMB password. - </para> - - <para> - When run by root, <command>smbpasswd</command> may take an optional argument specifying - the user name whose SMB password you wish to change. When run as root, <command>smbpasswd</command> - does not prompt for or check the old password value, thus allowing root to set passwords - for users who have forgotten their passwords. - </para> - - <para> - <command>smbpasswd</command> is designed to work in the way familiar to UNIX - users who use the <command>passwd</command> or <command>yppasswd</command> commands. - While designed for administrative use, this tool provides essential User Level - password change capabilities. - </para> - - <para> - For more details on using <command>smbpasswd</command>, refer to the man page (the - definitive reference). - </para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="pdbeditthing"> - <title>The <emphasis>pdbedit</emphasis> Command</title> - - <para> -<indexterm><primary>pdbedit</primary></indexterm> - <command>pdbedit</command> is a tool that can be used only by root. It is used to - manage the passdb backend. <command>pdbedit</command> can be used to: -<indexterm><primary>User Management</primary></indexterm> -<indexterm><primary>User Accounts</primary><secondary>Adding/Deleting</secondary></indexterm> - - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>add, remove or modify user accounts.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>list user accounts.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>migrate user accounts.</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para> -<indexterm><primary>pdbedit</primary></indexterm> - The <command>pdbedit</command> tool is the only one that can manage the account - security and policy settings. It is capable of all operations that smbpasswd can - do as well as a super set of them. - </para> - - <para> -<indexterm><primary>pdbedit</primary></indexterm> - One particularly important purpose of the <command>pdbedit</command> is to allow - the migration of account information from one passdb backend to another. See the - <link linkend="XMLpassdb">XML</link> password backend section of this chapter. - </para> - - <para> - The following is an example of the user account information that is stored in - a tdbsam password backend. This listing was produced by running: - </para> - -<screen> -&prompt;<userinput>pdbedit -Lv met</userinput> -UNIX username: met -NT username: -Account Flags: [UX ] -User SID: S-1-5-21-1449123459-1407424037-3116680435-2004 -Primary Group SID: S-1-5-21-1449123459-1407424037-3116680435-1201 -Full Name: Melissa E Terpstra -Home Directory: \\frodo\met\Win9Profile -HomeDir Drive: H: -Logon Script: scripts\logon.bat -Profile Path: \\frodo\Profiles\met -Domain: &example.workgroup; -Account desc: -Workstations: melbelle -Munged dial: -Logon time: 0 -Logoff time: Mon, 18 Jan 2038 20:14:07 GMT -Kickoff time: Mon, 18 Jan 2038 20:14:07 GMT -Password last set: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:37:03 GMT -Password can change: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:37:03 GMT -Password must change: Mon, 18 Jan 2038 20:14:07 GMT -</screen> - - <para> -<indexterm><primary>pdbedit</primary></indexterm> - The <command>pdbedit</command> tool allows migration of authentication (account) - databases from one backend to another. For example: To migrate accounts from an - old <filename>smbpasswd</filename> database to a <parameter>tdbsam</parameter> - backend: - </para> - - <procedure> - <step><para> - Set the <smbconfoption><name>passdb backend</name><value>tdbsam, smbpasswd</value></smbconfoption>. - </para></step> - - <step><para> - Execute: -<screen> -&rootprompt;<userinput>pdbedit -i smbpassed -e tdbsam</userinput> -</screen> - </para></step> - - <step><para> - Now remove the <parameter>smbpasswd</parameter> from the passdb backend - configuration in &smb.conf;. - </para></step> - </procedure> - - </sect2> -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>Password Backends</title> - -<para> -Samba offers the greatest flexibility in backend account database design of any SMB/CIFS server -technology available today. The flexibility is immediately obvious as one begins to explore this -capability. -</para> - -<para> -It is possible to specify not only multiple different password backends, but even multiple -backends of the same type. For example, to use two different tdbsam databases: -</para> - -<para> -<smbconfblock> - <smbconfoption><name>passdb backend</name><value>tdbsam:/etc/samba/passdb.tdb \</value></smbconfoption> - <member><parameter>tdbsam:/etc/samba/old-passdb.tdb</parameter></member> -</smbconfblock> -</para> - - - <sect2> - <title>Plaintext</title> - - <para> - Older versions of Samba retrieved user information from the UNIX user database - and eventually some other fields from the file <filename>/etc/samba/smbpasswd</filename> - or <filename>/etc/smbpasswd</filename>. When password encryption is disabled, no - SMB specific data is stored at all. Instead all operations are conducted via the way - that the Samba host OS will access its <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> database. - Linux systems For example, all operations are done via PAM. - </para> - - </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>smbpasswd &smbmdash; Encrypted Password Database</title> - - <para> -<indexterm><primary>SAM backend</primary><secondary>smbpasswd</secondary></indexterm> - Traditionally, when configuring <smbconfoption><name>encrypt passwords</name><value>yes</value></smbconfoption> in Samba's &smb.conf; file, user account - information such as username, LM/NT password hashes, password change times, and account - flags have been stored in the <filename>smbpasswd(5)</filename> file. There are several - disadvantages to this approach for sites with large numbers of users (counted - in the thousands). - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para> - The first problem is that all lookups must be performed sequentially. Given that - there are approximately two lookups per domain logon (one for a normal - session connection such as when mapping a network drive or printer), this - is a performance bottleneck for large sites. What is needed is an indexed approach - such as used in databases. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - The second problem is that administrators who desire to replicate a smbpasswd file - to more than one Samba server were left to use external tools such as - <command>rsync(1)</command> and <command>ssh(1)</command> and wrote custom, - in-house scripts. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Finally, the amount of information that is stored in an smbpasswd entry leaves - no room for additional attributes such as a home directory, password expiration time, - or even a Relative Identifier (RID). - </para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para> - As a result of these deficiencies, a more robust means of storing user attributes - used by smbd was developed. The API which defines access to user accounts - is commonly referred to as the samdb interface (previously this was called the passdb - API, and is still so named in the Samba CVS trees). - </para> - - <para> - Samba provides an enhanced set of passdb backends that overcome the deficiencies - of the smbpasswd plain text database. These are tdbsam, ldapsam and xmlsam. - Of these, ldapsam will be of most interest to large corporate or enterprise sites. - </para> - - </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>tdbsam</title> - - <para> -<indexterm><primary>SAM backend</primary><secondary>tdbsam</secondary></indexterm> - Samba can store user and machine account data in a <quote>TDB</quote> (Trivial Database). - Using this backend does not require any additional configuration. This backend is - recommended for new installations that do not require LDAP. - </para> - - <para> - As a general guide, the Samba Team does not recommend using the tdbsam backend for sites - that have 250 or more users. Additionally, tdbsam is not capable of scaling for use - in sites that require PDB/BDC implementations that require replication of the account - database. Clearly, for reason of scalability, the use of ldapsam should be encouraged. - </para> - - <para> - The recommendation of a 250 user limit is purely based on the notion that this - would generally involve a site that has routed networks, possibly spread across - more than one physical location. The Samba Team has not at this time established - the performance based scalability limits of the tdbsam architecture. - </para> - - </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>ldapsam</title> - - <para> -<indexterm><primary>SAM backend</primary><secondary>ldapsam</secondary></indexterm> - There are a few points to stress that the ldapsam does not provide. The LDAP - support referred to in this documentation does not include: - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>A means of retrieving user account information from - an Windows 200x Active Directory server.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>A means of replacing /etc/passwd.</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para> - The second item can be accomplished by using LDAP NSS and PAM modules. LGPL - versions of these libraries can be obtained from - <ulink url="http://www.padl.com/">PADL Software</ulink>. - More information about the configuration of these packages may be found at - <ulink url="http://safari.oreilly.com/?XmlId=1-56592-491-6"> - <emphasis>LDAP, System Administration</emphasis>; Gerald Carter by O'Reilly; Chapter 6: Replacing NIS."</ulink> - </para> - - <para> - This document describes how to use an LDAP directory for storing Samba user - account information traditionally stored in the smbpasswd(5) file. It is - assumed that the reader already has a basic understanding of LDAP concepts - and has a working directory server already installed. For more information - on LDAP architectures and directories, please refer to the following sites: - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.openldap.org/">OpenLDAP</ulink></para></listitem> - <listitem><para><ulink url="http://iplanet.netscape.com/directory">Sun iPlanet Directory Server</ulink></para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para> - Two additional Samba resources which may prove to be helpful are: - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>The <ulink url="http://www.unav.es/cti/ldap-smb/ldap-smb-3-howto.html">Samba-PDC-LDAP-HOWTO</ulink> - maintained by Ignacio Coupeau.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>The NT migration scripts from <ulink url="http://samba.idealx.org/">IDEALX</ulink> that are - geared to manage users and group in such a Samba-LDAP Domain Controller configuration. - </para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <sect3> - <title>Supported LDAP Servers</title> - - <para> - The LDAP ldapsam code has been developed and tested using the OpenLDAP 2.0 and 2.1 server and - client libraries. The same code should work with Netscape's Directory Server and client SDK. - However, there are bound to be compile errors and bugs. These should not be hard to fix. - Please submit fixes via the process outlined in <link linkend="bugreport"/>. - </para> - - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>Schema and Relationship to the RFC 2307 posixAccount</title> - - - <para> - Samba-3.0 includes the necessary schema file for OpenLDAP 2.0 in - <filename>examples/LDAP/samba.schema</filename>. The sambaSamAccount objectclass is given here: - </para> - -<para> -<programlisting> -objectclass (1.3.6.1.4.1.7165.2.2.6 NAME 'sambaSamAccount' SUP top AUXILIARY - DESC 'Samba-3.0 Auxiliary SAM Account' - MUST ( uid $ sambaSID ) - MAY ( cn $ sambaLMPassword $ sambaNTPassword $ sambaPwdLastSet $ - sambaLogonTime $ sambaLogoffTime $ sambaKickoffTime $ - sambaPwdCanChange $ sambaPwdMustChange $ sambaAcctFlags $ - displayName $ sambaHomePath $ sambaHomeDrive $ sambaLogonScript $ - sambaProfilePath $ description $ sambaUserWorkstations $ - sambaPrimaryGroupSID $ sambaDomainName )) -</programlisting> -</para> - - <para> - The <filename>samba.schema</filename> file has been formatted for OpenLDAP 2.0/2.1. - The Samba Team owns the OID space used by the above schema and recommends its use. - If you translate the schema to be used with Netscape DS, please submit the modified - schema file as a patch to <ulink url="mailto:jerry@samba.org">jerry@samba.org</ulink>. - </para> - - <para> - Just as the smbpasswd file is meant to store information that provides information additional to a - user's <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> entry, so is the sambaSamAccount object - meant to supplement the UNIX user account information. A sambaSamAccount is a - <constant>AUXILIARY</constant> objectclass so it can be used to augment existing - user account information in the LDAP directory, thus providing information needed - for Samba account handling. However, there are several fields (e.g., uid) that overlap - with the posixAccount objectclass outlined in RFC2307. This is by design. - </para> - - <!--olem: we should perhaps have a note about shadowAccounts too as many - systems use them, isn'it ? --> - - <para> - In order to store all user account information (UNIX and Samba) in the directory, - it is necessary to use the sambaSamAccount and posixAccount objectclasses in - combination. However, smbd will still obtain the user's UNIX account - information via the standard C library calls (e.g., getpwnam(), et al). - This means that the Samba server must also have the LDAP NSS library installed - and functioning correctly. This division of information makes it possible to - store all Samba account information in LDAP, but still maintain UNIX account - information in NIS while the network is transitioning to a full LDAP infrastructure. - </para> - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>OpenLDAP Configuration</title> - - <para> - To include support for the sambaSamAccount object in an OpenLDAP directory - server, first copy the samba.schema file to slapd's configuration directory. - The samba.schema file can be found in the directory <filename>examples/LDAP</filename> - in the Samba source distribution. - </para> - -<para> -<screen> -&rootprompt;<userinput>cp samba.schema /etc/openldap/schema/</userinput> -</screen> -</para> - - <para> - Next, include the <filename>samba.schema</filename> file in <filename>slapd.conf</filename>. - The sambaSamAccount object contains two attributes that depend on other schema - files. The <parameter>uid</parameter> attribute is defined in <filename>cosine.schema</filename> and - the <parameter>displayName</parameter> attribute is defined in the <filename>inetorgperson.schema</filename> - file. Both of these must be included before the <filename>samba.schema</filename> file. - </para> - -<para> -<programlisting> -## /etc/openldap/slapd.conf - -## schema files (core.schema is required by default) -include /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema - -## needed for sambaSamAccount -include /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema -include /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema -include /etc/openldap/schema/samba.schema -include /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema -.... -</programlisting> -</para> - - <para> - It is recommended that you maintain some indices on some of the most useful attributes, - as in the following example, to speed up searches made on sambaSamAccount objectclasses - (and possibly posixAccount and posixGroup as well): - </para> - -<para> -<programlisting> -# Indices to maintain -## required by OpenLDAP -index objectclass eq - -index cn pres,sub,eq -index sn pres,sub,eq -## required to support pdb_getsampwnam -index uid pres,sub,eq -## required to support pdb_getsambapwrid() -index displayName pres,sub,eq - -## uncomment these if you are storing posixAccount and -## posixGroup entries in the directory as well -##index uidNumber eq -##index gidNumber eq -##index memberUid eq - -index sambaSID eq -index sambaPrimaryGroupSID eq -index sambaDomainName eq -index default sub -</programlisting> -</para> - - <para> - Create the new index by executing: - </para> - -<para> -<screen> -&rootprompt;./sbin/slapindex -f slapd.conf -</screen> -</para> - - <para> - Remember to restart slapd after making these changes: - </para> - -<para> -<screen> -&rootprompt;<userinput>/etc/init.d/slapd restart</userinput> -</screen> -</para> - - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>Initialize the LDAP Database</title> - - <para> - Before you can add accounts to the LDAP database you must create the account containers - that they will be stored in. The following LDIF file should be modified to match your - needs (DNS entries, and so on): - </para> - -<para> -<programlisting> -# Organization for Samba Base -dn: dc=quenya,dc=org -objectclass: dcObject -objectclass: organization -dc: quenya -o: Quenya Org Network -description: The Samba-3 Network LDAP Example - -# Organizational Role for Directory Management -dn: cn=Manager,dc=quenya,dc=org -objectclass: organizationalRole -cn: Manager -description: Directory Manager - -# Setting up container for users -dn: ou=People,dc=quenya,dc=org -objectclass: top -objectclass: organizationalUnit -ou: People - -# Setting up admin handle for People OU -dn: cn=admin,ou=People,dc=quenya,dc=org -cn: admin -objectclass: top -objectclass: organizationalRole -objectclass: simpleSecurityObject -userPassword: {SSHA}c3ZM9tBaBo9autm1dL3waDS21+JSfQVz - -# Setting up container for groups -dn: ou=Groups,dc=quenya,dc=org -objectclass: top -objectclass: organizationalUnit -ou: People - -# Setting up admin handle for Groups OU -dn: cn=admin,ou=Groups,dc=quenya,dc=org -cn: admin -objectclass: top -objectclass: organizationalRole -objectclass: simpleSecurityObject -userPassword: {SSHA}c3ZM9tBaBo9autm1dL3waDS21+JSfQVz - -# Setting up container for computers -dn: ou=Computers,dc=quenya,dc=org -objectclass: top -objectclass: organizationalUnit -ou: People - -# Setting up admin handle for Computers OU -dn: cn=admin,ou=Computers,dc=quenya,dc=org -cn: admin -objectclass: top -objectclass: organizationalRole -objectclass: simpleSecurityObject -userPassword: {SSHA}c3ZM9tBaBo9autm1dL3waDS21+JSfQVz -</programlisting> -</para> - - <para> - The userPassword shown above should be generated using <command>slappasswd</command>. - </para> - - <para> - The following command will then load the contents of the LDIF file into the LDAP - database. - </para> - -<para> -<screen> -&prompt;<userinput>slapadd -v -l initldap.dif</userinput> -</screen> -</para> - - <para> - Do not forget to secure your LDAP server with an adequate access control list - as well as an admin password. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - Before Samba can access the LDAP server you need to store the LDAP admin password - into the Samba-3 <filename>secrets.tdb</filename> database by: -<screen> -&rootprompt;<userinput>smbpasswd -w <replaceable>secret</replaceable></userinput> -</screen> - </para> - </note> - - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>Configuring Samba</title> - - <para> - The following parameters are available in smb.conf only if your - version of Samba was built with LDAP support. Samba automatically builds with LDAP support if the - LDAP libraries are found. - </para> - - <para>LDAP related smb.conf options: - <smbconfoption><name>passdb backend</name><value>ldapsam:url</value></smbconfoption>, - <smbconfoption><name>ldap admin dn</name></smbconfoption>, - <smbconfoption><name>ldap delete dn</name></smbconfoption>, - <smbconfoption><name>ldap filter</name></smbconfoption>, - <smbconfoption><name>ldap group suffix</name></smbconfoption>, - <smbconfoption><name>ldap idmap suffix</name></smbconfoption>, - <smbconfoption><name>ldap machine suffix</name></smbconfoption>, - <smbconfoption><name>ldap passwd sync</name></smbconfoption>, - <smbconfoption><name>ldap ssl</name></smbconfoption>, - <smbconfoption><name>ldap suffix</name></smbconfoption>, - <smbconfoption><name>ldap user suffix</name></smbconfoption>, - </para> - - <para> - These are described in the &smb.conf; man - page and so will not be repeated here. However, a sample &smb.conf; file for - use with an LDAP directory could appear as shown in <link linkend="confldapex"/>. - </para> - -<para> -<smbconfexample id="confldapex"> -<title>Configuration with LDAP</title> -<smbconfsection>[global]</smbconfsection> -<smbconfoption><name>security</name><value>user</value></smbconfoption> -<smbconfoption><name>encrypt passwords</name><value>yes</value></smbconfoption> -<smbconfoption><name>netbios name</name><value>MORIA</value></smbconfoption> -<smbconfoption><name>workgroup</name><value>NOLDOR</value></smbconfoption> - -<smbconfcomment>ldap related parameters</smbconfcomment> - -<smbconfcomment>define the DN to use when binding to the directory servers</smbconfcomment> -<smbconfcomment>The password for this DN is not stored in smb.conf. Rather it</smbconfcomment> -<smbconfcomment>must be set by using 'smbpasswd -w <replaceable>secretpw</replaceable>' to store the</smbconfcomment> -<smbconfcomment>passphrase in the secrets.tdb file. If the "ldap admin dn" values</smbconfcomment> -<smbconfcomment>change, this password will need to be reset.</smbconfcomment> -<smbconfoption><name>ldap admin dn</name><value>"cn=Manager,ou=People,dc=quenya,dc=org"</value></smbconfoption> - -<smbconfcomment>Define the SSL option when connecting to the directory</smbconfcomment> -<smbconfcomment>('off', 'start tls', or 'on' (default))</smbconfcomment> -<smbconfoption><name>ldap ssl</name><value>start tls</value></smbconfoption> - -<smbconfcomment>syntax: passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://server-name[:port]</smbconfcomment> -<smbconfoption><name>passdb backend</name><value>ldapsam:ldap://frodo.quenya.org</value></smbconfoption> - -<smbconfcomment>smbpasswd -x delete the entire dn-entry</smbconfcomment> -<smbconfoption><name>ldap delete dn</name><value>no</value></smbconfoption> - -<smbconfcomment>the machine and user suffix added to the base suffix</smbconfcomment> -<smbconfcomment>wrote WITHOUT quotes. NULL suffixes by default</smbconfcomment> -<smbconfoption><name>ldap user suffix</name><value>ou=People</value></smbconfoption> -<smbconfoption><name>ldap group suffix</name><value>ou=Groups</value></smbconfoption> -<smbconfoption><name>ldap machine suffix</name><value>ou=Computers</value></smbconfoption> - -<smbconfcomment>Trust UNIX account information in LDAP</smbconfcomment> -<smbconfcomment> (see the smb.conf manpage for details)</smbconfcomment> - -<smbconfcomment> specify the base DN to use when searching the directory</smbconfcomment> -<smbconfoption><name>ldap suffix</name><value>ou=People,dc=quenya,dc=org</value></smbconfoption> - -<smbconfcomment> generally the default ldap search filter is ok</smbconfcomment> -<smbconfoption><name>ldap filter</name><value>(&(uid=%u)(objectclass=sambaSamAccount))</value></smbconfoption> -</smbconfexample> -</para> - - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>Accounts and Groups Management</title> - - <para> -<indexterm><primary>User Management</primary></indexterm> -<indexterm><primary>User Accounts</primary><secondary>Adding/Deleting</secondary></indexterm> - - As user accounts are managed through the sambaSamAccount objectclass, you should - modify your existing administration tools to deal with sambaSamAccount attributes. - </para> - - <para> - Machine accounts are managed with the sambaSamAccount objectclass, just - like users accounts. However, it is up to you to store those accounts - in a different tree of your LDAP namespace. You should use - <quote>ou=Groups,dc=quenya,dc=org</quote> to store groups and - <quote>ou=People,dc=quenya,dc=org</quote> to store users. Just configure your - NSS and PAM accordingly (usually, in the <filename>/etc/openldap/sldap.conf</filename> - configuration file). - </para> - - <para> - In Samba-3, the group management system is based on POSIX - groups. This means that Samba makes use of the posixGroup objectclass. - For now, there is no NT-like group system management (global and local - groups). Samba-3 knows only about <constant>Domain Groups</constant> - and, unlike MS Windows 2000 and Active Directory, Samba-3 does not - support nested groups. - </para> - - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>Security and sambaSamAccount</title> - - - <para> - There are two important points to remember when discussing the security - of sambaSamAccount entries in the directory. - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para><emphasis>Never</emphasis> retrieve the lmPassword or - ntPassword attribute values over an unencrypted LDAP session.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><emphasis>Never</emphasis> allow non-admin users to - view the lmPassword or ntPassword attribute values.</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para> - These password hashes are cleartext equivalents and can be used to impersonate - the user without deriving the original cleartext strings. For more information - on the details of LM/NT password hashes, refer to the - <link linkend="passdb">Account Information Database</link> section of this chapter. - </para> - - <para> - To remedy the first security issue, the <smbconfoption><name>ldap ssl</name></smbconfoption> &smb.conf; parameter defaults - to require an encrypted session (<smbconfoption><name>ldap ssl</name><value>on</value></smbconfoption>) using - the default port of <constant>636</constant> - when contacting the directory server. When using an OpenLDAP server, it - is possible to use the use the StartTLS LDAP extended operation in the place of - LDAPS. In either case, you are strongly discouraged to disable this security - (<smbconfoption><name>ldap ssl</name><value>off</value></smbconfoption>). - </para> - - <para> - Note that the LDAPS protocol is deprecated in favor of the LDAPv3 StartTLS - extended operation. However, the OpenLDAP library still provides support for - the older method of securing communication between clients and servers. - </para> - - <para> - The second security precaution is to prevent non-administrative users from - harvesting password hashes from the directory. This can be done using the - following ACL in <filename>slapd.conf</filename>: - </para> - -<para> -<programlisting> -## allow the "ldap admin dn" access, but deny everyone else -access to attrs=lmPassword,ntPassword - by dn="cn=Samba Admin,ou=People,dc=quenya,dc=org" write - by * none -</programlisting> -</para> - - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>LDAP Special Attributes for sambaSamAccounts</title> - - <para> - The sambaSamAccount objectclass is composed of the attributes shown in <link linkend="attribobjclPartA"/>, and <link linkend="attribobjclPartB"/>. - </para> - - <para> - <table frame="all" id="attribobjclPartA"> - <title>Attributes in the sambaSamAccount objectclass (LDAP) &smbmdash; Part A</title> - <tgroup cols="2" align="justify"> - <colspec align="left"/> - <colspec align="justify" colwidth="1*"/> - <tbody> - <row><entry><constant>sambaLMPassword</constant></entry><entry>The LANMAN password 16-byte hash stored as a character - representation of a hexadecimal string.</entry></row> - <row><entry><constant>sambaNTPassword</constant></entry><entry>The NT password hash 16-byte stored as a character - representation of a hexadecimal string.</entry></row> - <row><entry><constant>sambaPwdLastSet</constant></entry><entry>The integer time in seconds since 1970 when the - <constant>sambaLMPassword</constant> and <constant>sambaNTPassword</constant> attributes were last set. - </entry></row> - - <row><entry><constant>sambaAcctFlags</constant></entry><entry>String of 11 characters surrounded by square brackets [] - representing account flags such as U (user), W (workstation), X (no password expiration), - I (Domain trust account), H (Home dir required), S (Server trust account), - and D (disabled).</entry></row> - - <row><entry><constant>sambaLogonTime</constant></entry><entry>Integer value currently unused</entry></row> - - <row><entry><constant>sambaLogoffTime</constant></entry><entry>Integer value currently unused</entry></row> - - <row><entry><constant>sambaKickoffTime</constant></entry><entry>Specifies the time (UNIX time format) when the user - will be locked down and cannot login any longer. If this attribute is ommited, then the account will never expire. - If you use this attribute together with `shadowExpire' of the `shadowAccount' objectClass, will enable accounts to - expire completly on an exact date.</entry></row> - - <row><entry><constant>sambaPwdCanChange</constant></entry><entry>Specifies the time (UNIX time format) from which on the user is allowed to - change his password. If attribute is not set, the user will be free to change his password whenever he wants.</entry></row> - - <row><entry><constant>sambaPwdMustChange</constant></entry><entry>Specifies the time (UNIX time format) since when the user is - forced to change his password. If this value is set to `0', the user will have to change his password at first login. - If this attribute is not set, then the password will never expire.</entry></row> - - <row><entry><constant>sambaHomeDrive</constant></entry><entry>Specifies the drive letter to which to map the - UNC path specified by sambaHomePath. The drive letter must be specified in the form <quote>X:</quote> - where X is the letter of the drive to map. Refer to the <quote>logon drive</quote> parameter in the - smb.conf(5) man page for more information.</entry></row> - - <row><entry><constant>sambaLogonScript</constant></entry><entry>The sambaLogonScript property specifies the path of - the user's logon script, .CMD, .EXE, or .BAT file. The string can be null. The path - is relative to the netlogon share. Refer to the <smbconfoption><name>logon script</name></smbconfoption> parameter in the - &smb.conf; man page for more information.</entry></row> - - <row><entry><constant>sambaProfilePath</constant></entry><entry>Specifies a path to the user's profile. - This value can be a null string, a local absolute path, or a UNC path. Refer to the - <smbconfoption><name>logon path</name></smbconfoption> parameter in the &smb.conf; man page for more information.</entry></row> - - <row><entry><constant>sambaHomePath</constant></entry><entry>The sambaHomePath property specifies the path of - the home directory for the user. The string can be null. If sambaHomeDrive is set and specifies - a drive letter, sambaHomePath should be a UNC path. The path must be a network - UNC path of the form <filename>\\server\share\directory</filename>. This value can be a null string. - Refer to the <command>logon home</command> parameter in the &smb.conf; man page for more information. - </entry></row> - </tbody> - </tgroup></table> - </para> - <para> - <table frame="all" id="attribobjclPartB"> - <title>Attributes in the sambaSamAccount objectclass (LDAP) &smbmdash; Part B</title> - <tgroup cols="2" align="justify"> - <colspec align="left"/> - <colspec align="justify" colwidth="1*"/> - <tbody> - <row><entry><constant>sambaUserWorkstations</constant></entry><entry>Here you can give a comma-seperated list of machines - on which the user is allowed to login. You may observe problems when you try to connect to an Samba Domain Member. - Bacause Domain Members are not in this list, the Domain Controllers will reject them. Where this attribute is ommited, - the default implies no restrictions. - </entry></row> - - <row><entry><constant>sambaSID</constant></entry><entry>The security identifier(SID) of the user. - The Windows equivalent of UNIX UIDs.</entry></row> - - <row><entry><constant>sambaPrimaryGroupSID</constant></entry><entry>The Security IDentifier (SID) of the primary group - of the user.</entry></row> - - <row><entry><constant>sambaDomainName</constant></entry><entry>Domain the user is part of.</entry></row> - </tbody> - </tgroup></table> - </para> - - <para> - The majority of these parameters are only used when Samba is acting as a PDC of - a domain (refer to <link linkend="samba-pdc"/>, for details on - how to configure Samba as a Primary Domain Controller). The following four attributes - are only stored with the sambaSamAccount entry if the values are non-default values: - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>sambaHomePath</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>sambaLogonScript</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>sambaProfilePath</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>sambaHomeDrive</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para> - These attributes are only stored with the sambaSamAccount entry if - the values are non-default values. For example, assume MORIA has now been - configured as a PDC and that <smbconfoption><name>logon home</name><value>\\%L\%u</value></smbconfoption> was defined in - its &smb.conf; file. When a user named <quote>becky</quote> logons to the domain, - the <smbconfoption><name>logon home</name></smbconfoption> string is expanded to \\MORIA\becky. - If the smbHome attribute exists in the entry <quote>uid=becky,ou=People,dc=samba,dc=org</quote>, - this value is used. However, if this attribute does not exist, then the value - of the <smbconfoption><name>logon home</name></smbconfoption> parameter is used in its place. Samba - will only write the attribute value to the directory entry if the value is - something other than the default (e.g., <filename>\\MOBY\becky</filename>). - </para> - - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>Example LDIF Entries for a sambaSamAccount</title> - - <para> - The following is a working LDIF that demonstrates the use of the SambaSamAccount objectclass: - </para> - - <para> - <programlisting> - dn: uid=guest2, ou=People,dc=quenya,dc=org - sambaLMPassword: 878D8014606CDA29677A44EFA1353FC7 - sambaPwdMustChange: 2147483647 - sambaPrimaryGroupSID: S-1-5-21-2447931902-1787058256-3961074038-513 - sambaNTPassword: 552902031BEDE9EFAAD3B435B51404EE - sambaPwdLastSet: 1010179124 - sambaLogonTime: 0 - objectClass: sambaSamAccount - uid: guest2 - sambaKickoffTime: 2147483647 - sambaAcctFlags: [UX ] - sambaLogoffTime: 2147483647 - sambaSID: S-1-5-21-2447931902-1787058256-3961074038-5006 - sambaPwdCanChange: 0 - </programlisting> - </para> - - <para> - The following is an LDIF entry for using both the sambaSamAccount and - posixAccount objectclasses: - </para> - - <para> - <programlisting> - dn: uid=gcarter, ou=People,dc=quenya,dc=org - sambaLogonTime: 0 - displayName: Gerald Carter - sambaLMPassword: 552902031BEDE9EFAAD3B435B51404EE - sambaPrimaryGroupSID: S-1-5-21-2447931902-1787058256-3961074038-1201 - objectClass: posixAccount - objectClass: sambaSamAccount - sambaAcctFlags: [UX ] - userPassword: {crypt}BpM2ej8Rkzogo - uid: gcarter - uidNumber: 9000 - cn: Gerald Carter - loginShell: /bin/bash - logoffTime: 2147483647 - gidNumber: 100 - sambaKickoffTime: 2147483647 - sambaPwdLastSet: 1010179230 - sambaSID: S-1-5-21-2447931902-1787058256-3961074038-5004 - homeDirectory: /home/moria/gcarter - sambaPwdCanChange: 0 - sambaPwdMustChange: 2147483647 - sambaNTPassword: 878D8014606CDA29677A44EFA1353FC7 -</programlisting> - </para> - - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>Password Synchronization</title> - - <para> - Samba-3 and later can update the non-samba (LDAP) password stored with an account. When - using pam_ldap, this allows changing both UNIX and Windows passwords at once. - </para> - - <para>The <smbconfoption><name>ldap passwd sync</name></smbconfoption> options can have the values shown in - <link linkend="ldappwsync"/>.</para> - - <table frame="all" id="ldappwsync"> - <title>Possible <emphasis>ldap passwd sync</emphasis> values</title> - <tgroup cols="2"> - <colspec align="left" colwidth="1*"/> - <colspec align="justify" colwidth="4*"/> - <thead> - <row><entry align="left">Value</entry><entry align="center">Description</entry></row> - </thead> - <tbody> - <row><entry>yes</entry><entry><para>When the user changes his password, update - <constant>ntPassword</constant>, <constant>lmPassword</constant> - and the <constant>password</constant> fields.</para></entry></row> - - <row><entry>no</entry><entry><para>Only update <constant>ntPassword</constant> and <constant>lmPassword</constant>.</para></entry></row> - - <row><entry>only</entry><entry><para>Only update the LDAP password and let the LDAP server worry about the other fields. - This option is only available on some LDAP servers. Only when the LDAP server - supports LDAP_EXOP_X_MODIFY_PASSWD.</para></entry></row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </table> - - - <para>More information can be found in the &smb.conf; manpage.</para> - - </sect3> - - </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>MySQL</title> - - <para> -<indexterm><primary>SAM backend</primary><secondary>mysqlsam</secondary></indexterm> - Every so often someone will come along with a great new idea. Storing user accounts in a - SQL backend is one of them. Those who want to do this are in the best position to know what the - specific benefits are to them. This may sound like a cop-out, but in truth we cannot attempt - to document every little detail why certain things of marginal utility to the bulk of - Samba users might make sense to the rest. In any case, the following instructions should help - the determined SQL user to implement a working system. - </para> - - <sect3> - <title>Creating the Database</title> - - <para> - You can set up your own table and specify the field names to pdb_mysql (see below - for the column names) or use the default table. The file <filename>examples/pdb/mysql/mysql.dump</filename> - contains the correct queries to create the required tables. Use the command: - -<screen> -&prompt;<userinput>mysql -u<replaceable>username</replaceable> -h<replaceable>hostname</replaceable> -p<replaceable>password</replaceable> \ - <replaceable>databasename</replaceable> < <filename>/path/to/samba/examples/pdb/mysql/mysql.dump</filename></userinput> -</screen> - </para> - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>Configuring</title> - - <para>This plugin lacks some good documentation, but here is some brief infoormation. Add the following to the - <smbconfoption><name>passdb backend</name></smbconfoption> variable in your &smb.conf;: -<smbconfblock> -<smbconfoption><name>passdb backend</name><value>[other-plugins] mysql:identifier [other-plugins]</value></smbconfoption> -</smbconfblock> - </para> - - <para>The identifier can be any string you like, as long as it does not collide with - the identifiers of other plugins or other instances of pdb_mysql. If you - specify multiple pdb_mysql.so entries in <smbconfoption><name>passdb backend</name></smbconfoption>, you also need to - use different identifiers. - </para> - - <para> - Additional options can be given through the &smb.conf; file in the <smbconfsection>[global]</smbconfsection> section. - Refer to <link linkend="mysqlpbe"/>. - </para> - - <table frame="all" id="mysqlpbe"> - <title>Basic smb.conf options for MySQL passdb backend</title> - <tgroup cols="2"> - <colspec align="left"/> - <colspec align="justify" colwidth="1*"/> - <thead> - <row><entry>Field</entry><entry>Contents</entry></row> - </thead> - <tbody> - <row><entry>mysql host</entry><entry>Host name, defaults to `localhost'</entry></row> - <row><entry>mysql password</entry><entry></entry></row> - <row><entry>mysql user</entry><entry>Defaults to `samba'</entry></row> - <row><entry>mysql database</entry><entry>Defaults to `samba'</entry></row> - <row><entry>mysql port</entry><entry>Defaults to 3306</entry></row> - <row><entry>table</entry><entry>Name of the table containing the users</entry></row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </table> - - <warning> - <para> - Since the password for the MySQL user is stored in the &smb.conf; file, you should make the &smb.conf; file - readable only to the user who runs Samba. This is considered a security bug and will soon be fixed. - </para> - </warning> - - <para>Names of the columns are given in <link linkend="moremysqlpdbe"/>. The default column names can be found in the example table dump. - </para> - - <para> - <table frame="all" id="moremysqlpdbe"> - <title>MySQL field names for MySQL passdb backend</title> - <tgroup cols="3" align="justify"> - <colspec align="left"/> - <colspec align="left"/> - <colspec align="justify" colwidth="1*"/> - <thead> - <row><entry>Field</entry><entry>Type</entry><entry>Contents</entry></row> - </thead> - <tbody> - <row><entry>logon time column</entry><entry>int(9)</entry><entry>UNIX time stamp of last logon of user</entry></row> - <row><entry>logoff time column</entry><entry>int(9)</entry><entry>UNIX time stamp of last logoff of user</entry></row> - <row><entry>kickoff time column</entry><entry>int(9)</entry><entry>UNIX time stamp of moment user should be kicked off workstation (not enforced)</entry></row> - <row><entry>pass last set time column</entry><entry>int(9)</entry><entry>UNIX time stamp of moment password was last set</entry></row> - <row><entry>pass can change time column</entry><entry>int(9)</entry><entry>UNIX time stamp of moment from which password can be changed</entry></row> - <row><entry>pass must change time column</entry><entry>int(9)</entry><entry>UNIX time stamp of moment on which password must be changed</entry></row> - <row><entry>username column</entry><entry>varchar(255)</entry><entry>UNIX username</entry></row> - <row><entry>domain column</entry><entry>varchar(255)</entry><entry>NT domain user belongs to</entry></row> - <row><entry>nt username column</entry><entry>varchar(255)</entry><entry>NT username</entry></row> - <row><entry>fullname column</entry><entry>varchar(255)</entry><entry>Full name of user</entry></row> - <row><entry>home dir column</entry><entry>varchar(255)</entry><entry>UNIX homedir path</entry></row> - <row><entry>dir drive column</entry><entry>varchar(2)</entry><entry>Directory drive path (e.g., <quote>H:</quote>)</entry></row> - <row><entry>logon script column</entry><entry>varchar(255)</entry><entry>Batch file to run on client side when logging on</entry></row> - <row><entry>profile path column</entry><entry>varchar(255)</entry><entry>Path of profile</entry></row> - <row><entry>acct desc column</entry><entry>varchar(255)</entry><entry>Some ASCII NT user data</entry></row> - <row><entry>workstations column</entry><entry>varchar(255)</entry><entry>Workstations user can logon to (or NULL for all)</entry></row> - <row><entry>unknown string column</entry><entry>varchar(255)</entry><entry>Unknown string</entry></row> - <row><entry>munged dial column</entry><entry>varchar(255)</entry><entry>Unknown</entry></row> - <row><entry>user sid column</entry><entry>varchar(255)</entry><entry>NT user SID</entry></row> - <row><entry>group sid column</entry><entry>varchar(255)</entry><entry>NT group SID</entry></row> - <row><entry>lanman pass column</entry><entry>varchar(255)</entry><entry>Encrypted lanman password</entry></row> - <row><entry>nt pass column</entry><entry>varchar(255)</entry><entry>Encrypted nt passwd</entry></row> - <row><entry>plain pass column</entry><entry>varchar(255)</entry><entry>Plaintext password</entry></row> - <row><entry>acct ctrl column</entry><entry>int(9)</entry><entry>NT user data</entry></row> - <row><entry>unknown 3 column</entry><entry>int(9)</entry><entry>Unknown</entry></row> - <row><entry>logon divs column</entry><entry>int(9)</entry><entry>Unknown</entry></row> - <row><entry>hours len column</entry><entry>int(9)</entry><entry>Unknown</entry></row> - <row><entry>bad password count column</entry><entry>int(5)</entry><entry>Number of failed password tries before disabling an account</entry></row> - <row><entry>logon count column</entry><entry>int(5)</entry><entry>Number of logon attempts</entry></row> - <row><entry>unknown 6 column</entry><entry>int(9)</entry><entry>Unknown</entry></row> - </tbody></tgroup> - </table> - </para> - - <para> - You can put a colon (:) after the name of each column, which - should specify the column to update when updating the table. You can also - specify nothing behind the colon. Then the field data will not be updated. Setting a column name to <parameter>NULL</parameter> means the field should not be used. - </para> - - <para>An example configuration can be found in <link linkend="mysqlsam"/>. - </para> - - <smbconfexample id="mysqlsam"> - <title>Example configuration for the MySQL passdb backend</title> - <smbconfsection>[global]</smbconfsection> - <smbconfoption><name>passdb backend</name><value>mysql:foo</value></smbconfoption> - <smbconfoption><name>foo:mysql user</name><value>samba</value></smbconfoption> - <smbconfoption><name>foo:mysql password</name><value>abmas</value></smbconfoption> - <smbconfoption><name>foo:mysql database</name><value>samba</value></smbconfoption> - <smbconfcomment>domain name is static and can't be changed</smbconfcomment> - <smbconfoption><name>foo:domain column</name><value>'MYWORKGROUP':</value></smbconfoption> - <smbconfcomment>The fullname column comes from several other columns</smbconfcomment> - <smbconfoption><name>foo:fullname column</name><value>CONCAT(firstname,' ',surname):</value></smbconfoption> - <smbconfcomment>Samba should never write to the password columns</smbconfcomment> - <smbconfoption><name>foo:lanman pass column</name><value>lm_pass:</value></smbconfoption> - <smbconfoption><name>foo:nt pass column</name><value>nt_pass:</value></smbconfoption> - <smbconfcomment>The unknown 3 column is not stored</smbconfcomment> - <smbconfoption><name>foo:unknown 3 column</name><value>NULL</value></smbconfoption> - </smbconfexample> - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>Using Plaintext Passwords or Encrypted Password</title> - - <para> -<indexterm><primary>encrypted passwords</primary></indexterm> - I strongly discourage the use of plaintext passwords, however, you can use them. - </para> - - <para> - If you would like to use plaintext passwords, set - `identifier:lanman pass column' and `identifier:nt pass column' to - `NULL' (without the quotes) and `identifier:plain pass column' to the - name of the column containing the plaintext passwords. - </para> - - <para> - If you use encrypted passwords, set the 'identifier:plain pass - column' to 'NULL' (without the quotes). This is the default. - </para> - - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>Getting Non-Column Data from the Table</title> - - <para> - It is possible to have not all data in the database by making some `constant'. - </para> - - <para> - For example, you can set `identifier:fullname column' to - something like <?latex \linebreak ?><command>CONCAT(Firstname,' ',Surname)</command> - </para> - - <para> - Or, set `identifier:workstations column' to: - <command>NULL</command></para> - - <para>See the MySQL documentation for more language constructs.</para> - - </sect3> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="XMLpassdb"> - <title>XML</title> - - <para> -<indexterm><primary>SAM backend</primary><secondary>xmlsam</secondary></indexterm> - This module requires libxml2 to be installed.</para> - - <para>The usage of pdb_xml is fairly straightforward. To export data, use: - </para> - - <para> -<indexterm><primary>pdbedit</primary></indexterm> - <prompt>$ </prompt> <userinput>pdbedit -e xml:filename</userinput> - </para> - - <para> - (where filename is the name of the file to put the data in) - </para> - - <para> - To import data, use: - <prompt>$ </prompt> <userinput>pdbedit -i xml:filename</userinput> - </para> - </sect2> -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>Common Errors</title> - - <sect2> - <title>Users Cannot Logon</title> - - <para><quote>I've installed Samba, but now I can't log on with my UNIX account! </quote></para> - - <para>Make sure your user has been added to the current Samba <smbconfoption><name>passdb backend</name></smbconfoption>. Read the section <link linkend="acctmgmttools"/> for details.</para> - - </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>Users Being Added to the Wrong Backend Database</title> - - <para> - A few complaints have been received from users that just moved to Samba-3. The following - &smb.conf; file entries were causing problems, new accounts were being added to the old - smbpasswd file, not to the tdbsam passdb.tdb file: - </para> - - <para> - <smbconfblock> - <smbconfoption><name>passdb backend</name><value>smbpasswd, tdbsam</value></smbconfoption> - </smbconfblock> - </para> - - <para> - Samba will add new accounts to the first entry in the <emphasis>passdb backend</emphasis> - parameter entry. If you want to update to the tdbsam, then change the entry to: - </para> - - <para> -<smbconfblock> - <smbconfsection>[globals]</smbconfsection> - <member>...</member> -<smbconfoption><name>passdb backend</name><value>tdbsam, smbpasswd</value></smbconfoption> - <member>...</member> -</smbconfblock> - </para> - - </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>Configuration of <parameter>auth methods</parameter></title> - - <para> - When explicitly setting an <smbconfoption><name>auth methods</name></smbconfoption> parameter, - <parameter>guest</parameter> must be specified as the first entry on the line, - for example, <smbconfoption><name>auth methods</name><value>guest sam</value></smbconfoption>. - </para> - - <para> - This is the exact opposite of the requirement for the <smbconfoption><name>passdb backend</name></smbconfoption> - option, where it must be the <emphasis>LAST</emphasis> parameter on the line. - </para> - - </sect2> - -</sect1> - -</chapter> |