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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: oly on August 03, 2006, 09:33:58 AM

Title: ldap information
Post by: oly on August 03, 2006, 09:33:58 AM

does sme server use ldap, if so should samba be using it ?

i have a server setup here but after looking at smb.conf could not see any reference to ldap.

if so what could be done about changing it to use ldap ??

i ask because i need to add a second server and the samba site says not to use interdomain trusts because its flaky.
it recomends using something like an ldap backend.

i have experience with ldap and think this is a better alternative, so the second server just accesses the first server for its login information

Title: Re: ldap information
Post by: CharlieBrady on August 03, 2006, 02:20:56 PM

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does sme server use ldap,

The SME server provides an ldap directory of users and groups. It doesn't use ldap itself for anything.

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 if so should samba be using it ?

That would be a matter of opinion. It currently doesn't.

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if so what could be done about changing it to use ldap ??

See the bug tracker, in Future section. There's a proposal to use ldap for authentication backend. There would be significant amount of stuff to change.

Title: ldap information
Post by: oly on August 04, 2006, 12:20:18 PM

thanks for the info  :-)