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  From: Richard Sharpe <sharpe@ns.aus.com>
  To  : LinuxSA@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 21:32:32 +0900

Re: Linux Users IDs and NT

At 04:22 PM 6/30/99 +0930, Jake Hawkes wrote:
>Alex Garner wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I believe there is actually a way you can just get samba to auth from an NT
>> domain controller, but don't quote me on that.
>
>this is definetely possible. we do it, and it works well. Only thing:
>put the samba box ip address in the windows lmhosts file. then it will
>work. 

Hmmm, you should not have to do that.  It should be enough to tell Samba,
in the smb.conf file, where your WINS server.

Something like:

   wins server = <ip address of WINS server>

>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Alex!
>> 
>> Alex Garner
>> alex@garner.cx
>> 
>> ...I should have taken the blue pill.
>Jake Hawkes, B. Eng (CSE)
>
>e-mail: jake@eclectic.com.au


Regards
-------
Richard Sharpe, sharpe@ns.aus.com, NS Computer Software and Services P/L,
Samba (Team member www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member www.zing.org)
Co-author, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours

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