Hi

I have recently setup a file server using Samba. It is working almost perfectly however I have come across one obstacle - user authentication.
I am running a Windows NT 4.0 Server with all of the user accounts setup and was of the understanding that if I setup Samba to use that server as a password server the accounts wouldn't need to be setup on the Linux box. Please tell me if I've got this completely round my neck.
At present there are two accounts on Linux, one for root and one for administrator (with a few more restrictions than root). I have setup a share with 0777 access permissions on the folder and it shows up under Network Neighborhood. However if I try and access it (while logged into the NT network) it will ask for a username and password. If I enter the administrator password it works fine, however I was hoping that the NT authentication would take care of everything.
At present my smb.conf file has the following:

security = server

password server = NTServer

encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd


NTServer also has an entry in the lmhosts file for the IP address.
The Samba installation is 2.2.7a and was installed as part of the RedHat 9 installation.
I'm at a loss for what I can do. One option is to put the authentication into the net use statement in the login script, but if there's a better way I'd rather use it.

Thanks in advance for any help or advice,

PhilHalf

Since noone has answered you yet...

I was under the impression that while samba would validate the user name off the password server the user still had to be added to the local samba server.

I believe you can set it to validate the username/password and then force a local user. Loss of security at the user level, but at least only domain users can access the box.

p.s.

I hope i'm wrong and that someone lets me know.