[SLL] LDAP+nss_ldap+samba

[Jesse Keating]

On Tuesday 25 November 2003 12:11, Dan Wilder wrote:
> Why Samba then?  Are you using it linux-to-linux?

Yes, we're using it Linux to Linux.  NFS just doesn't have the extra 
security level that we like.  NFS is host based auth, which can way to 
easily be fooled.  We have vendors on site quite often, and regularly 
require network access.  I'd rather not have a system where they could 
just plug their system into our lan, and have read access to our public 
directories on the nfs server.  There is also one Windows box to 
consider, but it just needs public access stuff, no login.  Samba 
allows us to have user authenticated shares, where not only do they 
need to be in the correct IP range, but they also have to provide a 
valid username/password to be able to mount/browse the share.  Plus you 
can browse samba, unlike NFS.

If anybody has better ideas for setting up the security and allowing for 
browsing (with login), I'm all ears, but until then I have to go 
forward with Samba.

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