I've set up a Samba server to act as a PDC. Windows 2000 is using it as a login manager and file server easily. More easily than I ever could get Linux machines talking together with NIS and NFS. My Linux client uses the shared files easily through Samba, but can I use the samba-PDC as a login manager for the Linux client? Also, as it is a laptop it won't always be connected to the network. is there a way to choose (like in winslows clients) whether or not to bind to a domain with the login manager? Could I use this method on the server?


As a side issue, is there a way to syncronise the linux users/groups/passwords with the samba users/groups/passwords?

Need a Few More Pieces of Info.

Which release of Samba are you using, Which password backend (smbpasswd, tdbsam, ldapsam, etc.); are you using "encrypt passwords = yes" in smb.conf, and have you searched http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/man/...TO-Collection/

O/S: Yoper 2.1.0-4
Samba 3.0.6-3

All I'm running is Samba. Linux pc's (server and client same O/S) both use /etc/passwd for logins, win2k uses smbpasswd. Can I syncronise the 2? Do I need another system to manage both O/S's?

If you're trying to authenticate both your win2k machine and your linux machine thru a samba PDC; you'll need to be running samba on your linux CLIENT also. Joining an NT domain with samba is explained here http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/man/...html#id2541705 Keep in mind you may have to create the machine account on the PDC first (Unless the On-The-Fly Method works in this situation, Hmm)

You may also want to look at winbind here http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/man/...html#id2596573