[Samba] samba authentication via pam_pwdfile

I'm attempting to setup samba authentication via PAM and more
specifically the pam_pwdfile module. So far I have had trouble
determining the right mix of global settings to get this to work. I
have read through many tutorials online, but so far I have not found
good documentation on how to achieve this. What I am really attempting
to do is unify the credentials for access to the server though ftp,
apache, and samba. I _do not_ want to link the linux shell credentials
to this for various reasons including security. Any helpful
suggestions would be appreciated.
=>Charles
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On Sep 29, 2009, at 6:47 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:

> Because it doesn't work; at least not without hacking every Windows
> client. [Does that even still work anymore? I don't know, it really
> is not a reasonable/maintainable thing to do].
>
> You need to either setup an LDAP DSA and use that for authentication
> and
> have Samba use that too (as a DC). Or setup Samba as a NT4 PDC and
> use
> that for authentication. PAM is, practically speaking, a lost cause
> for
> Windows clients - for technical/implementation reasons it can't work
> well.

I apologize, I suppose I left some details out. I am not trying to
setup a domain, or even share printers. All that I am looking to
accomplish with my samba implementation is sharing a couple of
directories on the server to a few independent windows machines. I
don't need users to authenticate across a domain, just to be able to
have access to the shares based on username restrictions. I can get
this working just fine using the smbpasswd file, but I am trying to
unify the passwords used for several services. I am sure it can be
done because there is a whole chapter in the samba documentation on
using PAM with winbind on a samba machine when you need to
authenticate to an existing domain.
=>Charles
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