SolutionBase: Integrating Fedora Core 5 with a Windows network
Provide details about how you want to authenticate user
Now, go to the Security tab.
You have a few choices when it comes to authenticating users that connect to your Fedora-based Samba server. I'm using the Domain option, which passes authentication requests off to a Windows domain controller for handling. You could choose one of these options if you like:
For my article, I'm choosing the User option and will manually add Samba users that can access the Fedora-hosted resources that I specify.
Click the OK button when you're done.
You have a few choices when it comes to authenticating users that connect to your Fedora-based Samba server. I'm using the Domain option, which passes authentication requests off to a Windows domain controller for handling. You could choose one of these options if you like:
- ADS - The Samba system acts as a domain member in an Active Directory domain. This option requires the use of Kerberos on your Samba server.
- Domain - The Samba system relies on an NT PDC or BCD for authentication.
- Server - Authentication requests are passed off to another Samba server for handling.
- Share - Users are prompted for a user name and password only when they try to connect to a specific shared folder.
- User - Samba users must provide a special Samba user name and password.
For my article, I'm choosing the User option and will manually add Samba users that can access the Fedora-hosted resources that I specify.
Click the OK button when you're done.
