8. Samba

FC5 comes with samba v3.0.21b and FC6 has version 3.0.32c. The current samba RPM version from yum at the time of writing for FC5 is v3.0.23c. It is highly recommended to use the latest version.

The required RPM packages for samba in Fedora are samba, samba-client, samba-common. Install through yum if any of them is missing. 

[root@pptp ~]# yum install samba samba-common samba-client

Note: Information on Samba and FC4 can be found in Appendix A3.

8.1 Configure Samba

No matter you choose to use winbind or freeradius to connect to Active Directory, you will have to configure samba properly. The configuration file of samba is in /etc/samba and is called smb.conf. The file should have at least the following lines. 

[global]
# define the netbios name of the domain
workgroup = EXAMPLE
# define the pptp server netbios name
netbios name = PPTPDSVR
# define the AD domain name
realm = EXAMPLENET.ORG
# server description
server string = pptpd Server
# printer stuff
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = no
cups options = raw
# log file stuff
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
# must set to ads
security = ads                     
# address of domain controller
password server = 10.0.0.1
# enable encrypt passwords
encrypt passwords = yes
# default socket options setting on older samba. It is not defined in v3.0.23c
;socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
# not to be a master browser
domain master = no 
preferred master = no
# address of the WINS server
wins server = 10.0.0.1
dns proxy = no
# require this line to join the domain in older samba
# I don't need this for samba v3.0.23
;client use spnego = yes
# winbind stuff
idmap uid = 50001-550000
idmap gid = 50001-550000
winbind separator = +
winbind nested groups = Yes
winbind enum users=yes
winbind enum groups=yes
template shell = /bin/false
winbind use default domain = no

The lines in bold are the important ones that you should pay attention to. Execute "testparm" to check the configuration. Correct any errors before proceeding to the next step.

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