Using Ldap - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

Allow Users to Share Their Directories enables members of the group in Permitted
Group to share directories they own with other users. For example, users for a local
scope or DOMAIN\Users for a domain scope. The user also must make sure that the
file system permissions allow access. With Maximum Number of Shares, limit the total
amount of shares that may be created. To permit access to user shares without authen-
tication, enable Allow Guest Access.
Identity
In the Identity tab, you can determine the domain with which the host is associated
(Base Settings) and whether to use an alternative hostname in the network (NetBIOS
Hostname). It is also possible to use Microsoft Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)
for name resolution. In this case, activate Use WINS for Hostname Resolution and decide
whether to Retrieve WINS server via DHCP. To set expert global settings or set user
authentication, for example LDAP, click Advanced Settings.
Users from Other Domains
To enable users from other domains to access your domain, make the appropriate settings
in the Trusted Domains tab. To add a new domain, click Add. To remove the selected
domain, click Delete.

Using LDAP

In the tab LDAP Settings, you can determine the LDAP server to use for authentication.
To test the connection to your LDAP server, click Test Connection. To set expert LDAP
settings or use default values, click Advanced Settings.
For more information about LDAP configuration, see Chapter 4, LDAP—A Directory
Service (↑Security Guide).
24.3.2 Web Administration with SWAT
An alternative tool for Samba server administration is SWAT (Samba Web Administra-
tion Tool). It provides a simple Web interface with which to configure the Samba
http://localhost:901
server. To use SWAT, open in a Web browser and log
in as user root. If you do not have a special Samba root account, use the system root
account.
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