[ubuntu-uk] Using SAMBA to create users across multiple servers

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

Quoting Rob Beard <rob at esdelle.co.uk>:

> Hi folks,
>
> This is a bit of a long shot but I thought I'd ask anyway...
<snip>
> Now I was wondering if it was possible with Samba to configure it so
> when a new Samba account is created, an equivalent *nix login account
> and home directory is created on the backup servers?

1) Use LDAP with replication instead of /etc/passwd
2) Rsync /home as part of a cronjob across all the servers
3) Ensure that you can run LDAP traffic across the VPN (If you;re not  
already, try using openvpn - it rocks!).

HTH,

M.
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Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
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http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/