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Account Information Databases</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Jelmer</span> <span class="othername">R.</span> <span class="surname">Vernooij</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">The Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:jelmer@samba.org">jelmer@samba.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">John</span> <span class="othername">H.</span> <span class="surname">Terpstra</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:jht@samba.org">jht@samba.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Gerald</span> <span class="othername">(Jerry)</span> <span class="surname">Carter</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:jerry@samba.org">jerry@samba.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Jeremy</span> <span class="surname">Allison</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:jra@samba.org">jra@samba.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Guenther</span> <span class="surname">Deschner</span></h3><span class="contrib">LDAP updates</span><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">SuSE<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:gd@suse.de">gd@suse.de</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Olivier (lem)</span> <span class="surname">Lemaire</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">IDEALX<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:olem@IDEALX.org">olem@IDEALX.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">May 24, 2003</p></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="passdb.html#id2903592">Features and Benefits</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="passdb.html#id2903640">Backward Compatibility Backends</a></dt><dt><a href="passdb.html#id2903800">New Backends</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="passdb.html#passdbtech">Technical Information</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="passdb.html#id2904193">Important Notes About Security</a></dt><dt><a href="passdb.html#id2904429">Mapping User Identifiers between MS Windows and UNIX</a></dt><dt><a href="passdb.html#idmapbackend">Mapping Common UIDs/GIDs on Distributed Machines</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="passdb.html#acctmgmttools">Account Management Tools</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="passdb.html#id2904747">The smbpasswd Command</a></dt><dt><a href="passdb.html#pdbeditthing">The pdbedit Command</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="passdb.html#id2905334">Password Backends</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="passdb.html#id2905385">Plaintext</a></dt><dt><a href="passdb.html#id2905425">smbpasswd Encrypted Password Database</a></dt><dt><a href="passdb.html#id2905552">tdbsam</a></dt><dt><a href="passdb.html#id2905605">ldapsam</a></dt><dt><a href="passdb.html#id2907687">MySQL</a></dt><dt><a href="passdb.html#XMLpassdb">XML</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="passdb.html#id2908781">Common Errors</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="passdb.html#id2908788">Users Cannot Logon</a></dt><dt><a href="passdb.html#id2908830">Users Being Added to the Wrong Backend Database</a></dt><dt><a href="passdb.html#id2908922">Configuration of auth methods</a></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><p> -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. -</p><p> -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 <span class="emphasis"><em>Non-UNIX Accounts (NUA)</em></span> -capability. The intent was that an administrator could decide to use the <span class="emphasis"><em>tdbsam</em></span> -backend and by simply specifying <a class="indexterm" name="id2903560"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>passdb backend</tt></i> = tdbsam_nua, -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. -</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> -Samba-3 does not support Non-UNIX Account (NUA) operation for user accounts. -Samba-3 does support NUA operation for machine accounts. -</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2903592"></a>Features and Benefits</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> -Samba-3 provides for complete backward compatibility with Samba-2.2.x functionality -as follows: -<a class="indexterm" name="id2903606"></a> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2903617"></a> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2903628"></a> -</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2903640"></a>Backward Compatibility Backends</h3></div></div><div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Plain Text</span></dt><dd><p> - This option uses nothing but the UNIX/Linux <tt class="filename">/etc/passwd</tt> - 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. - </p></dd><dt><span class="term">smbpasswd</span></dt><dd><p> - This option allows continued use of the <tt class="filename">smbpasswd</tt> - 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. - </p><p> - This backend should be used only for backward compatibility with older - versions of Samba. It may be deprecated in future releases. - </p></dd><dt><span class="term">ldapsam_compat (Samba-2.2 LDAP Compatibility)</span></dt><dd><p> - 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. - </p></dd></dl></div></div><p> -Samba-3 introduces a number of new password backend capabilities. -<a class="indexterm" name="id2903755"></a> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2903766"></a> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2903777"></a> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2903788"></a> -</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2903800"></a>New Backends</h3></div></div><div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">tdbsam</span></dt><dd><p> - 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. - </p><p> - The <span class="emphasis"><em>tdbsam</em></span> password backend stores the old <span class="emphasis"><em> - smbpasswd</em></span> 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. - </p><p> - The inclusion of the <span class="emphasis"><em>tdbsam</em></span> 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. - </p></dd><dt><span class="term">ldapsam</span></dt><dd><p> - This provides a rich directory backend for distributed account installation. - </p><p> - 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 <tt class="filename">examples/LDAP</tt> directory of the Samba distribution. - </p><p> - The new LDAP implementation significantly expands the control abilities that - were possible with prior versions of Samba. It is now possible to specify - “<span class="quote">per user</span>” 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. - </p></dd><dt><span class="term">mysqlsam (MySQL based backend)</span></dt><dd><p> - 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. - </p></dd><dt><span class="term">xmlsam (XML based datafile)</span></dt><dd><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2903946"></a> - 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 <b class="command">pdbedit</b>'s pdb2pdb - functionality. The DTD that is used might be subject to changes in the future. - </p><p> - The <i class="parameter"><tt>xmlsam</tt></i> 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. - </p></dd></dl></div></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="passdbtech"></a>Technical Information</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> - 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. - </p><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2904009"></a> - 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. - </p><p> - 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. - </p><p> - 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 <a class="indexterm" name="id2904039"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>passdb backend</tt></i>. Commonly available backends are LDAP, plain text - file, and MySQL. For more information, see the man page for <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> regarding the - <a class="indexterm" name="id2904062"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>passdb backend</tt></i> parameter. - </p><div class="figure"><a name="idmap-sid2uid"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 11.1. IDMAP: Resolution of SIDs to UIDs.</b></p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="projdoc/imagefiles/idmap-sid2uid.png" width="270" alt="IDMAP: Resolution of SIDs to UIDs."></div></div><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2904123"></a> - 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">. - </p><div class="figure"><a name="idmap-uid2sid"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 11.2. IDMAP: Resolution of UIDs to SIDs.</b></p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="projdoc/imagefiles/idmap-uid2sid.png" width="270" alt="IDMAP: Resolution of UIDs to SIDs."></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2904193"></a>Important Notes About Security</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> - 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 “<span class="quote">password equivalent.</span>” 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. - </p><p> - 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). - </p><p> - 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. - </p><p> - The following versions of Microsoft Windows do not support full domain security protocols, - although they may log onto a domain environment: - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>MS DOS Network client 3.0 with the basic network redirector installed.</li><li>Windows 95 with the network redirector update installed.</li><li>Windows 98 [Second Edition].</li><li>Windows Me.</li></ul></div><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> - MS Windows XP Home does not have facilities to become a Domain Member and it cannot participate in domain logons. - </p></div><p> - The following versions of MS Windows fully support domain security protocols. - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>Windows NT 3.5x.</li><li>Windows NT 4.0.</li><li>Windows 2000 Professional.</li><li>Windows 200x Server/Advanced Server.</li><li>Windows XP Professional.</li></ul></div><p> - 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. - </p><p> - 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. - </p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2904338"></a>Advantages of Encrypted Passwords</h4></div></div><div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>Plaintext passwords are not passed across - the network. Someone using a network sniffer cannot just - record passwords going to the SMB server.</p></li><li><p>Plaintext passwords are not stored anywhere in - memory or on disk.</p></li><li><p>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. - </p></li><li><p>Encrypted password support allows automatic share - (resource) reconnects.</p></li><li><p>Encrypted passwords are essential for PDC/BDC - operation.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2904393"></a>Advantages of Non-Encrypted Passwords</h4></div></div><div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>Plaintext passwords are not kept - on disk, and are not cached in memory. </p></li><li><p>Uses same password file as other UNIX - services such as Login and FTP.</p></li><li><p>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.</p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2904429"></a>Mapping User Identifiers between MS Windows and UNIX</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> - 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. - </p><p> - 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 <a class="indexterm" name="id2904452"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>add user script</tt></i> - interface to add the account to the Samba host OS. In essence all accounts in - the local SAM require a local user account. - </p><p> - The second way to effect Windows SID to UNIX UID mapping is via the - <span class="emphasis"><em>idmap uid</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>idmap gid</em></span> parameters in <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt>. - Please refer to the man page for information about these parameters. - These parameters are essential when mapping users from a remote SAM server. - </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="idmapbackend"></a>Mapping Common UIDs/GIDs on Distributed Machines</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> - 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 <b class="command">rsync</b>. - </p><p> - The special facility is enabled using a parameter called <i class="parameter"><tt>idmap backend</tt></i>. - 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">. - </p><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2904556"></a> -</p><div class="example"><a name="idmapbackendexample"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 11.1. Example configuration with the LDAP idmap backend</b></p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>[global]</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>idmap backend = ldapsam:ldap://ldap-server.quenya.org:636</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>idmap backend = ldapsam:ldaps://ldap-server.quenya.org</tt></i></td></tr></table></div><p> - </p><p> - 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">http://www.padl.com</ulink> have - produced and released to open source an array of tools that might be of interest. These tools include: - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p> - <span class="emphasis"><em>nss_ldap:</em></span> 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. - </p></li><li><p> - <span class="emphasis"><em>pam_ldap:</em></span> A PAM module that provides LDAP integration for UNIX/Linux - system access authentication. - </p></li><li><p> - <span class="emphasis"><em>idmap_ad:</em></span> 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>. - </p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="acctmgmttools"></a>Account Management Tools</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2904718"></a> -Samba provides two tools for management of user and machine accounts. These tools are -called <b class="command">smbpasswd</b> and <b class="command">pdbedit</b>. 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. -</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2904747"></a>The <span class="emphasis"><em>smbpasswd</em></span> Command</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> - The smbpasswd utility is similar to the <b class="command">passwd</b> - or <b class="command">yppasswd</b> programs. It maintains the two 32 byte password - fields in the passdb backend. - </p><p> - <b class="command">smbpasswd</b> 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. - </p><p> - <b class="command">smbpasswd</b> 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). - </p><p> - <b class="command">smbpasswd</b> can be used to: -<a class="indexterm" name="id2904816"></a> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2904824"></a> - - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><span class="emphasis"><em>add</em></span> user or machine accounts.</li><li><span class="emphasis"><em>delete</em></span> user or machine accounts.</li><li><span class="emphasis"><em>enable</em></span> user or machine accounts.</li><li><span class="emphasis"><em>disable</em></span> user or machine accounts.</li><li><span class="emphasis"><em>set to NULL</em></span> user passwords.</li><li><span class="emphasis"><em>manage interdomain trust accounts.</em></span></li></ul></div><p> - To run smbpasswd as a normal user just type: - </p><p> -</p><pre class="screen"> -<tt class="prompt">$ </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>smbpasswd</tt></b> -<tt class="prompt">Old SMB password: </tt><b class="userinput"><tt><i class="replaceable"><tt>secret</tt></i></tt></b> -</pre><p> - For <i class="replaceable"><tt>secret</tt></i>, type old value here or press return if - there is no old password. -</p><pre class="screen"> -<tt class="prompt">New SMB Password: </tt><b class="userinput"><tt><i class="replaceable"><tt>new secret</tt></i></tt></b> -<tt class="prompt">Repeat New SMB Password: </tt><b class="userinput"><tt><i class="replaceable"><tt>new secret</tt></i></tt></b> -</pre><p> - </p><p> - 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. - </p><p> - When invoked by an ordinary user, the command will only allow the user to change his or her own - SMB password. - </p><p> - When run by root, <b class="command">smbpasswd</b> may take an optional argument specifying - the user name whose SMB password you wish to change. When run as root, <b class="command">smbpasswd</b> - does not prompt for or check the old password value, thus allowing root to set passwords - for users who have forgotten their passwords. - </p><p> - <b class="command">smbpasswd</b> is designed to work in the way familiar to UNIX - users who use the <b class="command">passwd</b> or <b class="command">yppasswd</b> commands. - While designed for administrative use, this tool provides essential User Level - password change capabilities. - </p><p> - For more details on using <b class="command">smbpasswd</b>, refer to the man page (the - definitive reference). - </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="pdbeditthing"></a>The <span class="emphasis"><em>pdbedit</em></span> Command</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2905062"></a> - <b class="command">pdbedit</b> is a tool that can be used only by root. It is used to - manage the passdb backend. <b class="command">pdbedit</b> can be used to: -<a class="indexterm" name="id2905085"></a> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2905094"></a> - - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>add, remove or modify user accounts.</li><li>list user accounts.</li><li>migrate user accounts.</li></ul></div><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2905127"></a> - The <b class="command">pdbedit</b> 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. - </p><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2905150"></a> - One particularly important purpose of the <b class="command">pdbedit</b> is to allow - the migration of account information from one passdb backend to another. See the - <link linkend="XMLpassdb"> password backend section of this chapter. - </p><p> - The following is an example of the user account information that is stored in - a tdbsam password backend. This listing was produced by running: - </p><pre class="screen"> -<tt class="prompt">$ </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>pdbedit -Lv met</tt></b> -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: MIDEARTH -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 -</pre><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2905222"></a> - The <b class="command">pdbedit</b> tool allows migration of authentication (account) - databases from one backend to another. For example: To migrate accounts from an - old <tt class="filename">smbpasswd</tt> database to a <i class="parameter"><tt>tdbsam</tt></i> - backend: - </p><div class="procedure"><ol type="1"><li><p> - Set the <a class="indexterm" name="id2905264"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>passdb backend</tt></i> = tdbsam, smbpasswd. - </p></li><li><p> - Execute: -</p><pre class="screen"> -<tt class="prompt">root# </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>pdbedit -i smbpassed -e tdbsam</tt></b> -</pre><p> - </p></li><li><p> - Now remove the <i class="parameter"><tt>smbpasswd</tt></i> from the passdb backend - configuration in <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt>. - </p></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2905334"></a>Password Backends</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> -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. -</p><p> -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: -</p><p> -</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/passdb.tdb \</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>tdbsam:/etc/samba/old-passdb.tdb</tt></i></td></tr></table><p> -</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2905385"></a>Plaintext</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> - Older versions of Samba retrieved user information from the UNIX user database - and eventually some other fields from the file <tt class="filename">/etc/samba/smbpasswd</tt> - or <tt class="filename">/etc/smbpasswd</tt>. 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 <tt class="filename">/etc/passwd</tt> database. - Linux systems For example, all operations are done via PAM. - </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2905425"></a>smbpasswd Encrypted Password Database</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2905439"></a> - Traditionally, when configuring <a class="indexterm" name="id2905450"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>encrypt passwords</tt></i> = yes in Samba's <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file, user account - information such as username, LM/NT password hashes, password change times, and account - flags have been stored in the <tt class="filename">smbpasswd(5)</tt> file. There are several - disadvantages to this approach for sites with large numbers of users (counted - in the thousands). - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p> - 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. - </p></li><li><p> - 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 - <b class="command">rsync(1)</b> and <b class="command">ssh(1)</b> and wrote custom, - in-house scripts. - </p></li><li><p> - 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). - </p></li></ul></div><p> - 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). - </p><p> - 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. - </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2905552"></a>tdbsam</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2905563"></a> - Samba can store user and machine account data in a “<span class="quote">TDB</span>” (Trivial Database). - Using this backend does not require any additional configuration. This backend is - recommended for new installations that do not require LDAP. - </p><p> - 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. - </p><p> - 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. - </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2905605"></a>ldapsam</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2905616"></a> - There are a few points to stress that the ldapsam does not provide. The LDAP - support referred to in this documentation does not include: - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>A means of retrieving user account information from - an Windows 200x Active Directory server.</p></li><li><p>A means of replacing /etc/passwd.</p></li></ul></div><p> - 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"> - LDAP, System Administration; Gerald Carter by O'Reilly; Chapter 6: Replacing NIS."</ulink> - </p><p> - 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: - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><ulink url="http://www.openldap.org/">OpenLDAP</ulink></p></li><li><p><ulink url="http://iplanet.netscape.com/directory">Sun iPlanet Directory Server</ulink></p></li></ul></div><p> - Two additional Samba resources which may prove to be helpful are: - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>The <ulink url="http://www.unav.es/cti/ldap-smb/ldap-smb-3-howto.html">Samba-PDC-LDAP-HOWTO</ulink> - maintained by Ignacio Coupeau.</p></li><li><p>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. - </p></li></ul></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2905753"></a>Supported LDAP Servers</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> - 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">. - </p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2905778"></a>Schema and Relationship to the RFC 2307 posixAccount</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> - Samba-3.0 includes the necessary schema file for OpenLDAP 2.0 in - <tt class="filename">examples/LDAP/samba.schema</tt>. The sambaSamAccount objectclass is given here: - </p><p> -</p><pre class="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 )) -</pre><p> -</p><p> - The <tt class="filename">samba.schema</tt> 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>. - </p><p> - Just as the smbpasswd file is meant to store information that provides information additional to a - user's <tt class="filename">/etc/passwd</tt> entry, so is the sambaSamAccount object - meant to supplement the UNIX user account information. A sambaSamAccount is a - <tt class="constant">AUXILIARY</tt> 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. - </p><p> - 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. - </p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2905890"></a>OpenLDAP Configuration</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> - 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 <tt class="filename">examples/LDAP</tt> - in the Samba source distribution. - </p><p> -</p><pre class="screen"> -<tt class="prompt">root# </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>cp samba.schema /etc/openldap/schema/</tt></b> -</pre><p> -</p><p> - Next, include the <tt class="filename">samba.schema</tt> file in <tt class="filename">slapd.conf</tt>. - The sambaSamAccount object contains two attributes that depend on other schema - files. The <i class="parameter"><tt>uid</tt></i> attribute is defined in <tt class="filename">cosine.schema</tt> and - the <i class="parameter"><tt>displayName</tt></i> attribute is defined in the <tt class="filename">inetorgperson.schema</tt> - file. Both of these must be included before the <tt class="filename">samba.schema</tt> file. - </p><p> -</p><pre class="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 -.... -</pre><p> -</p><p> - 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): - </p><p> -</p><pre class="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 -</pre><p> -</p><p> - Create the new index by executing: - </p><p> -</p><pre class="screen"> -<tt class="prompt">root# </tt>./sbin/slapindex -f slapd.conf -</pre><p> -</p><p> - Remember to restart slapd after making these changes: - </p><p> -</p><pre class="screen"> -<tt class="prompt">root# </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>/etc/init.d/slapd restart</tt></b> -</pre><p> -</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2906098"></a>Initialize the LDAP Database</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> - 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): - </p><p> -</p><pre class="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 -</pre><p> -</p><p> - The userPassword shown above should be generated using <b class="command">slappasswd</b>. - </p><p> - The following command will then load the contents of the LDIF file into the LDAP - database. - </p><p> -</p><pre class="screen"> -<tt class="prompt">$ </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>slapadd -v -l initldap.dif</tt></b> -</pre><p> -</p><p> - Do not forget to secure your LDAP server with an adequate access control list - as well as an admin password. - </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> - Before Samba can access the LDAP server you need to store the LDAP admin password - into the Samba-3 <tt class="filename">secrets.tdb</tt> database by: -</p><pre class="screen"> -<tt class="prompt">root# </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>smbpasswd -w <i class="replaceable"><tt>secret</tt></i></tt></b> -</pre><p> - </p></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2906239"></a>Configuring Samba</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> - 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. - </p><p>LDAP related smb.conf options: - <a class="indexterm" name="id2906257"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>passdb backend</tt></i> = ldapsam:url, - <a class="indexterm" name="id2906272"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap admin dn</tt></i>, - <a class="indexterm" name="id2906286"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap delete dn</tt></i>, - <a class="indexterm" name="id2906300"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap filter</tt></i>, - <a class="indexterm" name="id2906313"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap group suffix</tt></i>, - <a class="indexterm" name="id2906327"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap idmap suffix</tt></i>, - <a class="indexterm" name="id2906341"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap machine suffix</tt></i>, - <a class="indexterm" name="id2906355"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap passwd sync</tt></i>, - <a class="indexterm" name="id2906369"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap ssl</tt></i>, - <a class="indexterm" name="id2906383"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap suffix</tt></i>, - <a class="indexterm" name="id2906396"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap user suffix</tt></i>, - </p><p> - These are described in the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> man - page and so will not be repeated here. However, a sample <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file for - use with an LDAP directory could appear as shown in <link linkend="confldapex">. - </p><p> -</p><div class="example"><a name="confldapex"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 11.2. Configuration with LDAP</b></p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>[global]</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>security = user</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>encrypt passwords = yes</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>netbios name = MORIA</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>workgroup = NOLDOR</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td># ldap related parameters</td></tr><tr><td># define the DN to use when binding to the directory servers</td></tr><tr><td># The password for this DN is not stored in smb.conf. Rather it</td></tr><tr><td># must be set by using 'smbpasswd -w <i class="replaceable"><tt>secretpw</tt></i>' to store the</td></tr><tr><td># passphrase in the secrets.tdb file. If the "ldap admin dn" values</td></tr><tr><td># change, this password will need to be reset.</td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap admin dn = "cn=Manager,ou=People,dc=quenya,dc=org"</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td># Define the SSL option when connecting to the directory</td></tr><tr><td># ('off', 'start tls', or 'on' (default))</td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap ssl = start tls</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td># syntax: passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://server-name[:port]</td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://frodo.quenya.org</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td># smbpasswd -x delete the entire dn-entry</td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap delete dn = no</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td># the machine and user suffix added to the base suffix</td></tr><tr><td># wrote WITHOUT quotes. NULL suffixes by default</td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap user suffix = ou=People</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap group suffix = ou=Groups</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td># Trust UNIX account information in LDAP</td></tr><tr><td># (see the smb.conf manpage for details)</td></tr><tr><td># specify the base DN to use when searching the directory</td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap suffix = ou=People,dc=quenya,dc=org</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td># generally the default ldap search filter is ok</td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap filter = (&(uid=%u)(objectclass=sambaSamAccount))</tt></i></td></tr></table></div><p> -</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2906668"></a>Accounts and Groups Management</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2906680"></a> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2906689"></a> - - As user accounts are managed through the sambaSamAccount objectclass, you should - modify your existing administration tools to deal with sambaSamAccount attributes. - </p><p> - 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 - “<span class="quote">ou=Groups,dc=quenya,dc=org</span>” to store groups and - “<span class="quote">ou=People,dc=quenya,dc=org</span>” to store users. Just configure your - NSS and PAM accordingly (usually, in the <tt class="filename">/etc/openldap/sldap.conf</tt> - configuration file). - </p><p> - 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 <tt class="constant">Domain Groups</tt> - and, unlike MS Windows 2000 and Active Directory, Samba-3 does not - support nested groups. - </p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2906746"></a>Security and sambaSamAccount</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> - There are two important points to remember when discussing the security - of sambaSamAccount entries in the directory. - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><span class="emphasis"><em>Never</em></span> retrieve the lmPassword or - ntPassword attribute values over an unencrypted LDAP session.</p></li><li><p><span class="emphasis"><em>Never</em></span> allow non-admin users to - view the lmPassword or ntPassword attribute values.</p></li></ul></div><p> - 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"> section of this chapter. - </p><p> - To remedy the first security issue, the <a class="indexterm" name="id2906805"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap ssl</tt></i> <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> parameter defaults - to require an encrypted session (<a class="indexterm" name="id2906827"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap ssl</tt></i> = on) using - the default port of <tt class="constant">636</tt> - 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 - (<a class="indexterm" name="id2906849"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap ssl</tt></i> = off). - </p><p> - 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. - </p><p> - 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 <tt class="filename">slapd.conf</tt>: - </p><p> -</p><pre class="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 -</pre><p> -</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2906904"></a>LDAP Special Attributes for sambaSamAccounts</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> - The sambaSamAccount objectclass is composed of the attributes shown in <link linkend="attribobjclPartA">, and <link linkend="attribobjclPartB">. - </p><p> - </p><div class="table"><a name="attribobjclPartA"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 11.1. Attributes in the sambaSamAccount objectclass (LDAP) Part A</b></p><table summary="Attributes in the sambaSamAccount objectclass (LDAP) Part A" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left"><col align="justify"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaLMPassword</tt></td><td align="justify">The LANMAN password 16-byte hash stored as a character - representation of a hexadecimal string.</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaNTPassword</tt></td><td align="justify">The NT password hash 16-byte stored as a character - representation of a hexadecimal string.</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaPwdLastSet</tt></td><td align="justify">The integer time in seconds since 1970 when the - <tt class="constant">sambaLMPassword</tt> and <tt class="constant">sambaNTPassword</tt> attributes were last set. - </td></tr><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaAcctFlags</tt></td><td align="justify">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).</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaLogonTime</tt></td><td align="justify">Integer value currently unused</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaLogoffTime</tt></td><td align="justify">Integer value currently unused</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaKickoffTime</tt></td><td align="justify">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.</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaPwdCanChange</tt></td><td align="justify">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.</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaPwdMustChange</tt></td><td align="justify">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.</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaHomeDrive</tt></td><td align="justify">Specifies the drive letter to which to map the - UNC path specified by sambaHomePath. The drive letter must be specified in the form “<span class="quote">X:</span>” - where X is the letter of the drive to map. Refer to the “<span class="quote">logon drive</span>” parameter in the - smb.conf(5) man page for more information.</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaLogonScript</tt></td><td align="justify">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 <a class="indexterm" name="id2907136"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon script</tt></i> parameter in the - <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> man page for more information.</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaProfilePath</tt></td><td align="justify">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 - <a class="indexterm" name="id2907170"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon path</tt></i> parameter in the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> man page for more information.</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaHomePath</tt></td><td align="justify">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 <tt class="filename">\\server\share\directory</tt>. This value can be a null string. - Refer to the <b class="command">logon home</b> parameter in the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> man page for more information. - </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p> - </p><p> - </p><div class="table"><a name="attribobjclPartB"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 11.2. Attributes in the sambaSamAccount objectclass (LDAP) Part B</b></p><table summary="Attributes in the sambaSamAccount objectclass (LDAP) Part B" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left"><col align="justify"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaUserWorkstations</tt></td><td align="justify">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. - </td></tr><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaSID</tt></td><td align="justify">The security identifier(SID) of the user. - The Windows equivalent of UNIX UIDs.</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaPrimaryGroupSID</tt></td><td align="justify">The Security IDentifier (SID) of the primary group - of the user.</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><tt class="constant">sambaDomainName</tt></td><td align="justify">Domain the user is part of.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p> - </p><p> - 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: - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>sambaHomePath</li><li>sambaLogonScript</li><li>sambaProfilePath</li><li>sambaHomeDrive</li></ul></div><p> - 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 <a class="indexterm" name="id2907374"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon home</tt></i> = \\%L\%u was defined in - its <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file. When a user named “<span class="quote">becky</span>” logons to the domain, - the <a class="indexterm" name="id2907399"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon home</tt></i> string is expanded to \\MORIA\becky. - If the smbHome attribute exists in the entry “<span class="quote">uid=becky,ou=People,dc=samba,dc=org</span>”, - this value is used. However, if this attribute does not exist, then the value - of the <a class="indexterm" name="id2907421"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon home</tt></i> 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., <tt class="filename">\\MOBY\becky</tt>). - </p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2907447"></a>Example LDIF Entries for a sambaSamAccount</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> - The following is a working LDIF that demonstrates the use of the SambaSamAccount objectclass: - </p><p> - </p><pre class="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 - </pre><p> - </p><p> - The following is an LDIF entry for using both the sambaSamAccount and - posixAccount objectclasses: - </p><p> - </p><pre class="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 -</pre><p> - </p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2907513"></a>Password Synchronization</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> - 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. - </p><p>The <a class="indexterm" name="id2907531"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>ldap passwd sync</tt></i> options can have the values shown in - <link linkend="ldappwsync">.</p><div class="table"><a name="ldappwsync"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 11.3. Possible <span class="emphasis"><em>ldap passwd sync</em></span> values</b></p><table summary="Possible ldap passwd sync values" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left"><col align="justify"></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">Value</th><th align="center">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left">yes</td><td align="justify"><p>When the user changes his password, update - <tt class="constant">ntPassword</tt>, <tt class="constant">lmPassword</tt> - and the <tt class="constant">password</tt> fields.</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left">no</td><td align="justify"><p>Only update <tt class="constant">ntPassword</tt> and <tt class="constant">lmPassword</tt>.</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left">only</td><td align="justify"><p>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.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>More information can be found in the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> manpage.</p></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2907687"></a>MySQL</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2907698"></a> - 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. - </p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2907730"></a>Creating the Database</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> - 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 <tt class="filename">examples/pdb/mysql/mysql.dump</tt> - contains the correct queries to create the required tables. Use the command: - -</p><pre class="screen"> -<tt class="prompt">$ </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>mysql -u<i class="replaceable"><tt>username</tt></i> -h<i class="replaceable"><tt>hostname</tt></i> -p<i class="replaceable"><tt>password</tt></i> \ - <i class="replaceable"><tt>databasename</tt></i> < <tt class="filename">/path/to/samba/examples/pdb/mysql/mysql.dump</tt></tt></b> -</pre><p> - </p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2907797"></a>Configuring</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p>This plugin lacks some good documentation, but here is some brief infoormation. Add the following to the - <a class="indexterm" name="id2907808"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>passdb backend</tt></i> variable in your <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt>: -</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>passdb backend = [other-plugins] mysql:identifier [other-plugins]</tt></i></td></tr></table><p> - </p><p>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 <a class="indexterm" name="id2907852"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>passdb backend</tt></i>, you also need to - use different identifiers. - </p><p> - Additional options can be given through the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file in the <i class="parameter"><tt>[global]</tt></i> section. - Refer to <link linkend="mysqlpbe">. - </p><div class="table"><a name="mysqlpbe"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 11.4. Basic smb.conf options for MySQL passdb backend</b></p><table summary="Basic smb.conf options for MySQL passdb backend" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left"><col align="justify"></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">Field</th><th align="justify">Contents</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left">mysql host</td><td align="justify">Host name, defaults to `localhost'</td></tr><tr><td align="left">mysql password</td><td align="justify"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left">mysql user</td><td align="justify">Defaults to `samba'</td></tr><tr><td align="left">mysql database</td><td align="justify">Defaults to `samba'</td></tr><tr><td align="left">mysql port</td><td align="justify">Defaults to 3306</td></tr><tr><td align="left">table</td><td align="justify">Name of the table containing the users</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p> - Since the password for the MySQL user is stored in the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file, you should make the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file - readable only to the user who runs Samba. This is considered a security bug and will soon be fixed. - </p></div><p>Names of the columns are given in <link linkend="moremysqlpdbe">. The default column names can be found in the example table dump. - </p><p> - </p><div class="table"><a name="moremysqlpdbe"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 11.5. MySQL field names for MySQL passdb backend</b></p><table summary="MySQL field names for MySQL passdb backend" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left"><col align="left"><col align="justify"></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">Field</th><th align="left">Type</th><th align="justify">Contents</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left">logon time column</td><td align="left">int(9)</td><td align="justify">UNIX time stamp of last logon of user</td></tr><tr><td align="left">logoff time column</td><td align="left">int(9)</td><td align="justify">UNIX time stamp of last logoff of user</td></tr><tr><td align="left">kickoff time column</td><td align="left">int(9)</td><td align="justify">UNIX time stamp of moment user should be kicked off workstation (not enforced)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">pass last set time column</td><td align="left">int(9)</td><td align="justify">UNIX time stamp of moment password was last set</td></tr><tr><td align="left">pass can change time column</td><td align="left">int(9)</td><td align="justify">UNIX time stamp of moment from which password can be changed</td></tr><tr><td align="left">pass must change time column</td><td align="left">int(9)</td><td align="justify">UNIX time stamp of moment on which password must be changed</td></tr><tr><td align="left">username column</td><td align="left">varchar(255)</td><td align="justify">UNIX username</td></tr><tr><td align="left">domain column</td><td align="left">varchar(255)</td><td align="justify">NT domain user belongs to</td></tr><tr><td align="left">nt username column</td><td align="left">varchar(255)</td><td align="justify">NT username</td></tr><tr><td align="left">fullname column</td><td align="left">varchar(255)</td><td align="justify">Full name of user</td></tr><tr><td align="left">home dir column</td><td align="left">varchar(255)</td><td align="justify">UNIX homedir path</td></tr><tr><td align="left">dir drive column</td><td align="left">varchar(2)</td><td align="justify">Directory drive path (e.g., “<span class="quote">H:</span>”)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">logon script column</td><td align="left">varchar(255)</td><td align="justify">Batch file to run on client side when logging on</td></tr><tr><td align="left">profile path column</td><td align="left">varchar(255)</td><td align="justify">Path of profile</td></tr><tr><td align="left">acct desc column</td><td align="left">varchar(255)</td><td align="justify">Some ASCII NT user data</td></tr><tr><td align="left">workstations column</td><td align="left">varchar(255)</td><td align="justify">Workstations user can logon to (or NULL for all)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">unknown string column</td><td align="left">varchar(255)</td><td align="justify">Unknown string</td></tr><tr><td align="left">munged dial column</td><td align="left">varchar(255)</td><td align="justify">Unknown</td></tr><tr><td align="left">user sid column</td><td align="left">varchar(255)</td><td align="justify">NT user SID</td></tr><tr><td align="left">group sid column</td><td align="left">varchar(255)</td><td align="justify">NT group SID</td></tr><tr><td align="left">lanman pass column</td><td align="left">varchar(255)</td><td align="justify">Encrypted lanman password</td></tr><tr><td align="left">nt pass column</td><td align="left">varchar(255)</td><td align="justify">Encrypted nt passwd</td></tr><tr><td align="left">plain pass column</td><td align="left">varchar(255)</td><td align="justify">Plaintext password</td></tr><tr><td align="left">acct ctrl column</td><td align="left">int(9)</td><td align="justify">NT user data</td></tr><tr><td align="left">unknown 3 column</td><td align="left">int(9)</td><td align="justify">Unknown</td></tr><tr><td align="left">logon divs column</td><td align="left">int(9)</td><td align="justify">Unknown</td></tr><tr><td align="left">hours len column</td><td align="left">int(9)</td><td align="justify">Unknown</td></tr><tr><td align="left">bad password count column</td><td align="left">int(5)</td><td align="justify">Number of failed password tries before disabling an account</td></tr><tr><td align="left">logon count column</td><td align="left">int(5)</td><td align="justify">Number of logon attempts</td></tr><tr><td align="left">unknown 6 column</td><td align="left">int(9)</td><td align="justify">Unknown</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p> - </p><p> - 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 <i class="parameter"><tt>NULL</tt></i> means the field should not be used. - </p><p>An example configuration can be found in <link linkend="mysqlsam">. - </p><div class="example"><a name="mysqlsam"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 11.3. Example configuration for the MySQL passdb backend</b></p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>[global]</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>passdb backend = mysql:foo</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>foo:mysql user = samba</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>foo:mysql password = abmas</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>foo:mysql database = samba</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td># domain name is static and can't be changed</td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>foo:domain column = 'MYWORKGROUP':</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td># The fullname column comes from several other columns</td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>foo:fullname column = CONCAT(firstname,' ',surname):</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td># Samba should never write to the password columns</td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>foo:lanman pass column = lm_pass:</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>foo:nt pass column = nt_pass:</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td># The unknown 3 column is not stored</td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>foo:unknown 3 column = NULL</tt></i></td></tr></table></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2908611"></a>Using Plaintext Passwords or Encrypted Password</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2908623"></a> - I strongly discourage the use of plaintext passwords, however, you can use them. - </p><p> - 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. - </p><p> - If you use encrypted passwords, set the 'identifier:plain pass - column' to 'NULL' (without the quotes). This is the default. - </p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2908650"></a>Getting Non-Column Data from the Table</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> - It is possible to have not all data in the database by making some `constant'. - </p><p> - For example, you can set `identifier:fullname column' to - something like <b class="command">CONCAT(Firstname,' ',Surname)</b> - </p><p> - Or, set `identifier:workstations column' to: - <b class="command">NULL</b></p><p>See the MySQL documentation for more language constructs.</p></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="XMLpassdb"></a>XML</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2908711"></a> - This module requires libxml2 to be installed.</p><p>The usage of pdb_xml is fairly straightforward. To export data, use: - </p><p> -<a class="indexterm" name="id2908732"></a> - <tt class="prompt">$ </tt> <b class="userinput"><tt>pdbedit -e xml:filename</tt></b> - </p><p> - (where filename is the name of the file to put the data in) - </p><p> - To import data, use: - <tt class="prompt">$ </tt> <b class="userinput"><tt>pdbedit -i xml:filename</tt></b> - </p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2908781"></a>Common Errors</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2908788"></a>Users Cannot Logon</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>“<span class="quote">I've installed Samba, but now I can't log on with my UNIX account! </span>”</p><p>Make sure your user has been added to the current Samba <a class="indexterm" name="id2908806"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>passdb backend</tt></i>. Read the section <link linkend="acctmgmttools"> for details.</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2908830"></a>Users Being Added to the Wrong Backend Database</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> - A few complaints have been received from users that just moved to Samba-3. The following - <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file entries were causing problems, new accounts were being added to the old - smbpasswd file, not to the tdbsam passdb.tdb file: - </p><p> - </p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>[global]</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td>...</td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>passdb backend = smbpasswd, tdbsam</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td>...</td></tr></table><p> - </p><p> - Samba will add new accounts to the first entry in the <span class="emphasis"><em>passdb backend</em></span> - parameter entry. If you want to update to the tdbsam, then change the entry to: - </p><p> -</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>passdb backend = tdbsam, smbpasswd</tt></i></td></tr></table><p> - </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2908922"></a>Configuration of <i class="parameter"><tt>auth methods</tt></i></h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> - When explicitly setting an <a class="indexterm" name="id2908940"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>auth methods</tt></i> parameter, - <i class="parameter"><tt>guest</tt></i> must be specified as the first entry on the line, - for example, <a class="indexterm" name="id2908962"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>auth methods</tt></i> = guest sam. - </p><p> - This is the exact opposite of the requirement for the <a class="indexterm" name="id2908981"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>passdb backend</tt></i> - option, where it must be the <span class="emphasis"><em>LAST</em></span> parameter on the line. - </p></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="NetworkBrowsing.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="optional.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="groupmapping.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 10. 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