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diff --git a/docs/yodldocs/DOMAIN_MEMBER.yo b/docs/yodldocs/DOMAIN_MEMBER.yo deleted file mode 100644 index e13a2f2a58..0000000000 --- a/docs/yodldocs/DOMAIN_MEMBER.yo +++ /dev/null @@ -1,149 +0,0 @@ -mailto(samba@samba.org) - -article(Joining an NT Domain with Samba 2.0)(Jeremy Allison, Samba Team)(7th October 1999) - -center(Joining an NT Domain with Samba 2.0) -center(-----------------------------------) - -In order for a Samba-2 server to join an NT domain, you must first add -the NetBIOS name of the Samba server to the NT domain on the PDC using -Server Manager for Domains. This creates the machine account in the -domain (PDC) SAM. Note that you should add the Samba server as a "Windows -NT Workstation or Server", em(NOT) as a Primary or backup domain controller. - -Assume you have a Samba-2 server with a NetBIOS name of tt(SERV1) and are -joining an NT domain called tt(DOM), which has a PDC with a NetBIOS name -of tt(DOMPDC) and two backup domain controllers with NetBIOS names tt(DOMBDC1) -and tt(DOMBDC2). - -In order to join the domain, first stop all Samba daemons and run the -command - -tt(smbpasswd -j DOM -r DOMPDC) - -as we are joining the domain DOM and the PDC for that domain (the only -machine that has write access to the domain SAM database) is DOMPDC. If this is -successful you will see the message: - -tt(smbpasswd: Joined domain DOM.) - -in your terminal window. See the url(bf(smbpasswd))(smbpasswd.8.html) -man page for more details. - -This command goes through the machine account password change -protocol, then writes the new (random) machine account password for -this Samba server into a file in the same directory in which an -smbpasswd file would be stored - normally : - -tt(/usr/local/samba/private) - -The filename looks like this: - -tt(<NT DOMAIN NAME>.<Samba Server Name>.mac) - -The tt(.mac) suffix stands for machine account password file. So in -our example above, the file would be called: - -tt(DOM.SERV1.mac) - -This file is created and owned by root and is not readable by any -other user. It is the key to the domain-level security for your -system, and should be treated as carefully as a shadow password file. - -Now, before restarting the Samba daemons you must edit your -url(bf(smb.conf))(smb.conf.5.html) file to tell Samba it should now -use domain security. - -Change (or add) your - -url(bf("security ="))(smb.conf.5.html#security) - -line in the url(bf([global]))(smb.conf.5.html#global) section of your -url(bf(smb.conf))(smb.conf.5.html) to read: - -tt(security = domain) - -Next change the - -url(bf("workgroup ="))(smb.conf.5.html#workgroup) - -line in the url(bf([global]))(smb.conf.5.html#global) section to read: - -tt(workgroup = DOM) - -as this is the name of the domain we are joining. - -You must also have the parameter url(bf("encrypt passwords"))(smb.conf.5.html#encryptpasswords) -set to tt("yes") in order for your users to authenticate to the -NT PDC. - -Finally, add (or modify) a: - -url(bf("password server ="))(smb.conf.5.html#passwordserver) - -line in the url(bf([global]))(smb.conf.5.html#global) section to read: - -tt(password server = DOMPDC DOMBDC1 DOMBDC2) - -These are the primary and backup domain controllers Samba will attempt -to contact in order to authenticate users. Samba will try to contact -each of these servers in order, so you may want to rearrange this list -in order to spread out the authentication load among domain -controllers. - -Alternatively, if you want smbd to automatically determine the -list of Domain controllers to use for authentication, you may set this line to be : - -tt(password server = *) - -This method, which is new in Samba 2.0.6 and above, allows Samba -to use exactly the same mechanism that NT does. This method either broadcasts or -uses a WINS database in order to find domain controllers to -authenticate against. - -Finally, restart your Samba daemons and get ready for clients to begin -using domain security! - - -center(Why is this better than security = server?) -center(------------------------------------------) - -Currently, domain security in Samba doesn't free you from having to -create local Unix users to represent the users attaching to your -server. This means that if domain user tt(DOM\fred) attaches to your -domain security Samba server, there needs to be a local Unix user fred -to represent that user in the Unix filesystem. This is very similar to -the older Samba security mode url(bf("security=server"))(smb.conf.5.html#securityequalserver), where Samba would pass -through the authentication request to a Windows NT server in the same -way as a Windows 95 or Windows 98 server would. - -The advantage to domain-level security is that the authentication in -domain-level security is passed down the authenticated RPC channel in -exactly the same way that an NT server would do it. This means Samba -servers now participate in domain trust relationships in exactly the -same way NT servers do (i.e., you can add Samba servers into a -resource domain and have the authentication passed on from a resource -domain PDC to an account domain PDC. - -In addition, with url(bf("security=server"))(smb.conf.5.html#securityequalserver) every Samba daemon on a -server has to keep a connection open to the authenticating server for -as long as that daemon lasts. This can drain the connection resources -on a Microsoft NT server and cause it to run out of available -connections. With url(bf("security =domain"))(smb.conf.5.html#securityequaldomain), however, the Samba -daemons connect to the PDC/BDC only for as long as is necessary to -authenticate the user, and then drop the connection, thus conserving -PDC connection resources. - -And finally, acting in the same manner as an NT server authenticating -to a PDC means that as part of the authentication reply, the Samba -server gets the user identification information such as the user SID, -the list of NT groups the user belongs to, etc. All this information -will allow Samba to be extended in the future into a mode the -developers currently call appliance mode. In this mode, no local Unix -users will be necessary, and Samba will generate Unix uids and gids -from the information passed back from the PDC when a user is -authenticated, making a Samba server truly plug and play in an NT -domain environment. Watch for this code soon. - -em(NOTE:) Much of the text of this document was first published in the -Web magazine url(bf("LinuxWorld"))(http://www.linuxworld.com) as the article url(bf("Doing the NIS/NT Samba"))(http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1998-10/lw-10-samba.html). |