First, make sure kerberos is installed:
# rpm -qa | grep krb
this should return at least 3 packages: krb5-devel, krb5-libs and krb5-workstation
Next, make sure the ldap development libraries are installed:
# rpm -qa | grep ldap-devel
If either of these returns nothing, you'll need to install them - which you can do from the Redhat CD.
make sure there's an entry for your active directory DC in your /etc/hosts file:
1.2.3.4 addc.example.com addc
Next, edit your /etc/krb5.conf to match your site. Everything should be fairly self-explanitory - and everything is case sensitive. Do not comment this file.
Once you've gotten to this point, you can try:
# /usr/kerberos/bin/kinit
user@DOMAIN.COM replacing *user* with a real user and
DOMAIN.COM with a real
domain (which must be UPPERCASE). If things are working, you'll be prompted for a password. If you enter the correct password, you'll come back to a bash shell, if not, you should be presented with:
"kinit(v5): Preauthentication failed while getting initial credentials"
or some such.
Note: If the clock time on the
Linux machine is more than 5 minutes off from the time on the
windows machine no ticket information will work. There are three wys to deal with this:
1. Have the
Linux server act as a network time server, with the
windows machine as a client
2. Have the
windows machine act as a time server for the
linux client
3. Make both systems pull the time from the same 3rd server ( some are listed here -
http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/NTPPoolServers )
Next, uninstall samba if it's installed:
# rpm -e samba
get the latest version of samba:
$ wget "http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba-latest.tar.gz"
expand and install samba:
$ tar -zxvf samba*.tar.gz
$ cd samba-3.0.13
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/samba --with-ldap --with-ads --with-krb5 --with-pam --with-winbind
# make && make install
- $ tar -zxvf samba*.tar.gz
- $ cd samba-3.0.13
- $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/samba --with-ldap --with-ads --with-krb5 --with-pam --with-winbind
- # make && make install
In your smb.conf:
----8<-----
netbios name = LINUX_SERVER_NAME
realm =
DOMAIN.COM
ads server = 123.123.123.123
security = ADS
encrypt passwords = yes
----8<-----
start samba:
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start
To add the
linux computer to the AD, you need to log into the DC and add it as a user with such privledges, so (from the
Linux system):
# /usr/local/samba/bin/net ads
join -U Administrator
it should prompt you for Administrator's password. Note that Administrator should be a user with the right to add a computer to the AD.
you should see something like:
Joined 'LINUX_MACHINE_NAME' to realm '
DOMAIN.COM'
To verify this worked, go to the
windows DC and open Active Directory->Users and Computers and look for your
linux machine to be listed there.
That's all you absolutely need to connect to the AD. If you want to map users to the AD (which is probably why you're doing this), open /etc/nsswitch.conf and change this:
passwd: files
shadow: files
group: files
to this:
passwd: compat winbind
shadow: compat
group: compat winbind
start the winbind daemon:
# winbindd
make sure it's running:
# ps -ae | grep winbindd
if nothing gets returned, you probably didn't configure samba with kerberos and ldap support. If it shows winbindd running, you're all set. To make sure everything starts on reboot:
open /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb and /etc/rc.d/init.d/winbindd and make sure the line:
# chkconfig: 345 NN NN
exixts (NN will be different numbers pertaining to priority), it should be on line 3 of both files. if these lines don't exist, add them. If they read:
# chkconfig: - NN NN
change the - to 345
save and close those files and run chkconfig:
# chkconfig smb reset
# chkconfig winbindd reset
you can check the runlevels they will start at with
# chkconfig smb --list
# chkconfig winbindd --list
