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Technical requirem ents of LDAP authentication with Microsoft Networking:
Required items to authenticate the LDAP users on Microsoft Networking (Samba):
1. a third party software to synchronize the password between LDAP and Samba in
the LDAP server.
2. importing the Samba schema to the LDAP directory.
A.
Third-party software:
Some software applications are available and allow management of the LDAP users,
including Samba password. For example:
LDAP Account Manager (LAM), with a Web-based interface, available at: http://
www.ldap-account-manager.org/
smbldap-tools (command line tool)
webmin-ldap-useradmin - LDAP user administration module for Webmin.
B.
Sam ba schema:
To import the samba schema to the LDAP server, please refer to the documentation or