From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 21 00:25:17 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32D0F16A415 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:25:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au) Received: from bcmelmx.bytecraft.au.com (bcmelmx.bytecraft.au.com [203.39.118.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 252E543D4C for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:25:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au) Received: from svmarshal2.bytecraft.internal (svmarshal2.bytecraft.internal [10.0.0.3]) by bcmelmx.bytecraft.au.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k8L0OvgG064114; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:25:03 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au) Received: from svmailmel.bytecraft.internal (Not Verified[10.0.0.24]) by svmarshal2.bytecraft.internal with MailMarshal (v6, 1, 4, 441) id ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:24:57 +1000 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:24:56 +1000 Message-ID: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F11EF58D@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Is Active Directory integrated file sharing possible on FreeBSD? Thread-Index: Acbb6DtGv8FPezkQQCi5QHS7skuPMAACPSDgAEirqqA= From: "Murray Taylor" To: "Stephanie Bridges" , "Ashley Moran" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Is Active Directory integrated file sharing possible on FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:25:17 -0000 =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=20 > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of=20 > Stephanie Bridges > Sent: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 11:48 PM > To: 'Ashley Moran' > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Is Active Directory integrated file sharing=20 > possible on FreeBSD? >=20 > Ashley Moran wrote: > > On 19 Sep 2006, at 12:51, Bob M. wrote: > >=20 > >> It's absolutely possible Ashley. We have samba 2.x=20 > running on a few=20 > >> solaris 8 through 10 servers, one might be 3.x. One of=20 > our solaris=20 > >> admins made the mistake of making one of them a domain=20 > controller and=20 > >> it was authenticating users in an AD domain. I've run=20 > samba at home=20 > >> on various releases of FreeBSD over the past few years.=20 > You're just=20 > >> looking to setup file shares with permissions, right? > >>=20 > >> Bob > >=20 > >=20 > > Hi Bob > >=20 > > Yep, all we need is a file server. We want folders in /var/share=20 > > available to users in Active Directory, eg=20 > /var/share/ashleymoran for=20 > > just me, and maybe a shared one for the office or the=20 > design team etc. =20 > > Nothing complicated really. > >=20 > > Our network admin said winbindd is broken on FreeBSD so he tried=20 > > compiling the Solaris version(!) but couldn't make that work. > > Unfortunately he's beeyessdeephobic, but I want to avoid=20 > looking into=20 > > it myself because, well, it's not my job :) If I have no=20 > choice, do=20 > > you think it will take long to learn how to set it up? I=20 > don't want=20 > > to lose a whole day to it. > >=20 >=20 >=20 > Ashley, >=20 > This is quite doable, and winbindd isn't broken on FreeBSD. =20 > It took me a bit to figure out how to make it work correctly,=20 > however. I have a FBSD system here that authenticates to our=20 > university AD server, and allows access based upon membership=20 > in certain security groups. We don't have any services for=20 > unix support on our AD server either. If your linux boy=20 > needs a little help, I'd be happy to send you my config=20 > files, sounds like maybe he hasn't actually done it on linux=20 > either as my FreeBSD/Linux setups are nearly identical. >=20 >=20 Please send me the configs if possible as we have a mixed environment that the IT guys have=20 just mandated 'shall be controlled by AD' ... and it was working so well before under BSD, but=20 the new ones didnt want to 'learn this command line stuff' ... sigh mjt=20 --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. 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