Thanx Andrew for the reply, Simply omit 'password server' from your smb.conf. By default we find the most appropriate DC to contact -- Do u have any doc or link where I can read more about how does this works ? Rgds -----Original Message----- From: abartlet@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:abartlet@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 8:07 AM To: Biju Babu (IT Services for Business ITSB Data, Integration and Application Services) Cc: samba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: AD and SAMBA On Wed, 2012-05-09 at 18:31 +0530, Biju_babu@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello all, > > I am trying to understand how SAMBA finds nearest Domain Controller > when configured to use Active Directory for AuthN. > > There are some great articles and wikis about how to configure SAMBA > against AD, but couldn't find much on what I was looking for. > > For example > 1. Does Samba have built in dc locator functionality like windows > clients ? > 2. What is the default authN it uses, NTLM or Kerb ? This is up to the client to choose, we support both. > 3. I understand from an article > (http://timstechnoblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Linux) that Winbind > when configured to use * for domain controller will invoke Dc locator > mechanism, but couldn't completely understand the relation b/w Samba > and Winbind - is it SAMBA always uses winbind for AD communication and > authentication ? Yes. You should always start winbindd, and it will be the sole channel for communication with Active Directory. > Root of all these questions are, SAMBA AD config I saw is configured > to use a single password server, which is a single point of failure. I > am trying to figure out how to avoid that. Simply omit 'password server' from your smb.conf. By default we find the most appropriate DC to contact, Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett http://samba.org/~abartlet/ Authentication Developer, Samba Team http://samba.org -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
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