HP CIFS Server 3.0f Administrator's Guide verison A.02.03

Advance Server for UNIX/9000 (ASU) Servers
With LDAP integration, the centralized management of user data helps you to migrate ASU to CIFS Server.
ASU PDC servers can migrate users to /etc/passwd entries using the migration help package available
at http:// software.hp.com . The HP CIFS Server provides the /opt/samba/bin/syncsmbpasswd tool to
create entries in the smbpasswd file. With entries in the /etc/passwd and smbpasswd files, you can
consolidate both ASU users and UNIX users in an LDAP directory using the migration scripts discussed later
in this chapter.
Workgroup Model Networks
HP CIFS Servers configured with server mode security will attempt to authenticate Windows users on the
server specified. If LDAP is enabled, then authentication will fall back to the LDAP server if the server mode
authentication fails.HP CIFS Servers configured with share mode security may replace smbpasswd with an
LDAP directory server.HP CIFS Servers configured with as stand-alone user mode servers may replace
smbpasswd with an LDAP directory server.
UNIX User Authentication - /etc/passwd, NIS Migration
HP UNIX user authentication is required in addition to Samba (Windows) user authentication for HP CIFS
Server logon. You can consolidate Samba and UNIX users into a single LDAP directory server database.
However, the /etc/passwd file or NIS database files can continue to be used for UNIX users if desired.You
can use migration scripts provided by HP to migrate the /etc/passwd file and NIS database files to the
LDAP directory server. For more information on the migration scripts, see “Migrating Your data to the Directory
Server” .
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