V Samba and ldap together has been returned on

the subject of PDC(NT primary domain

controller)

V The functionality in samba in LDAP server

acting as acting as a centralized credential
repository
V The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol(LDAP)
is an application protocol for querying and
modifying data of directory services implemented
in internet protocol(IP)networks
V A directory is a set of objects with attributes
organized logically in a hierarchical manner
V A simple example is the telephone directory which
consists of list of names(of either persons or
organizations) organized alphabetically with each
name having an address and phone number
associated with it
V A directory information tree often reflects
various political,geographical,and/or
organizational boundaries,depending on the
model chosen
V Samba is the standard windows interoperability
suite of programs for linux and unix
V In this project samba and LDAP together is
integrated to form a Primary Domain
Controller(PDC).
V The credentials are stored as a centralized
repository in the LDAP server
V And the samba server uses this repository to
authenticate the clients for mounting shares
drives and accessing information from
windows/linux machines

V Authentication is achieved using the PAM-

LDAP module

V The pam_ldap provides the means for solaris

/linux servers and workstations to authenticate
against LDAP directories and to change their
passwords in the directory
V LDAP is an internet standard protocol used by
applications to access a directory
V It runs directly over TCP and can be used to
access a standalone LDAP directory service to
access a directory sercvice that is backended by
x.500
V It was created as a way to minimize the
implementations requirements on directory
clients and to simplify and encourage the use
of directories among applications
V The LDAP directory service model is based on
entities
V An entry is a collection of attributes that
describing it
V Each attribute has a name,type and more
values
V LDAP is a protocol defining a directory service
and access to that service
V LDAP is based on a client server model
V LDAP servers provide the directory service
and LDAP clients use the directory service to
access entries and attributes
V —PENLDAP software is a free open source
implentation of the lightweight direct access
protocol(LDAP)developed by the openLDAP
project

V It is released under its own BSD-style license

called the openLDAP public license
V The Samba is a networking tool that enables
linux to participate in windows networks
V There are two parts to samba,one being the
server which shares out files and printers for
other PC·s to use and the other being the client
utilities ,which allow linux to access files and
printers on other windows/samba pc·s
V A primary domain controller is a server
computer in a pre-windows 2000 NT server
domain

V A domain is a concept used in NT server

operating system whereby a user may be
granted access to a number of computer
resources with the use of a single username
and password combination
V Configuring and implementing SAMBA server
V configuring SAMBA PDC server
V configuring —PENLDAP for authenticating
LDAP users
V Integrating SAMBA,LDAP and PDC
V Intel machines with 1 GB RAM/80GB HDD-
3N—S

V Each machine with one LAN CARD

V Redhat enterprise Linux 5.0
V Perl 5.8.0
V Windows 2003 server