With Samba4 becoming more relevant everyday as a drop in replacement for AD, I am regularly fielding questions regarding password management. Below I will describe the basics of password management on a QNAP NAS running Samba4 in Domain Controller Mode using the samba-tool. The following code shows the commands dealing with passwords and account expiration.
If you read our previous article Zentyal 3.2 LDAP Authentication you may note that this method no longer works with the 4.x branches of Zentyal Server. Zentyal Server now provides a full drop in replacement for AD(Microsoft Active Directory) using Samab4. So lets get down to it. If you need to authenticate other applications against… Read More
With Samba4 becoming more relevant everyday as a drop in replacement for AD, I am regularly fielding questions regarding password management. Below I will describe the basics of password management in Samba4 using the samba-tool. The following code shows the commands dealing with passwords and account expiration.
If you are using Pfsense Firewall as an OpenVPN endpoint, then chances are, you are aware that you can authenticate your users against multiple types of authentication providers. Beyond that, you can also use authentication providers to allow access to the administration interface of Pfsense itself. In this tutorial I will show you how to… Read More
As you probably know if you are a user of Zentyal Server, between distributions there can be major changes, especially with the implementation of Samab4 starting in version 3.0. While I still believe that Zentyal Server is a good choice for a SOHO situation, it is hard to recommend to larger companies when we take… Read More
Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix. Samba is Free Software licensed under the GNU General Public License, the Samba project is a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy. Since 1992, Samba has provided secure, stable and fast file and print services for all clients using the SMB/CIFS protocol,… Read More