Debian Samba Server Setup

1. Install samba
   • aptitude install smaba samba-doc smbldap-tools
     • Workgroup/Domain Name: NIG
     • Modify smb.conf to use WINS settings from DHCP?: No
   • dpkg-reconfigure samba
     • How to run Samba: daemons
     • Create password database: Yes
2. Enable samba.schema in LDAP server
   • aptitude install samba-dodc
   • cd /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/examples/LDAP
   • gunzip samba.schema.gz
   • cp samba.schema /etc/ldap/schema/samba.schema
   • vim /etc/ldap/slapd.conf
     • include /etc/ldap/schema/samba.schema
   • /etc/init.d/slapd restart
3. Let Samba use LDAP as backend
   • vim /etc/samba/smb.conf
     • passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://localhost
     • ldap suffix = dc=neuroimaging,dc=org,dc=au
     • ldap machine suffix = ou=SMBMachines
     • ldap user suffix = ou=People
     • ldap group suffix = ou=Group
     • ldap admin dn = cn=admin,dc=neuroimaging,dc=org,dc=au
     • ldap delete dn = no
     • ldap ssl = start_tls
4. Configure smbldap-tools package
   • aptitude install smbldap-tools
   • cp /usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/examples/smbldap_bind.conf /etc/smbldap-tools/
   • gzip /usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/examples/smbldap.conf.gz
   • cp /usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/examples/smbldap.conf /etc/smbldap-tools/
   • vi /etc/smbldap-tools/smbldap_bind.conf
   • vi /etc/smbldap-tools/smbldap.conf
   • vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
   • Note: read /usr/share/doc/smbldap-tools/
5. Important:
   • To change rootpw of the binddn cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org, you need
     • smbldap-passwd
     • edit /etc/smbldap-tools/smbldap_bind.conf
     • smbpasswd -w <ldap_rootpw>

See Also

1. Samba LDAP
2. Samba 3 LDAP