Samba PDC with remote LDAP backend

[Snow]

Hi all,
I've searched through the forums numerous times and came up with very good guides on how to create an LDAP server with Samba integration, but that's not exactly what I need. I've tried following/modifying the guides, but still no go.

What I have already: LDAP authentication on my FC4 server to a central LDAP server in our organization that I do not have access to modify - and never plan on requesting modify access to it. I can login to my FC4 server as an ldap user with no problem.

What I need: I need Samba to autheticate NT (XP workstations) domain logon requests through the remote LDAP server. I don't need roaming profiles or the sort, but that would be nice in the future. I just need pass-through authentication.

[barry905]

I've not tried this, so I'm guessing a little bit. Having said which, if you're already using your corporate LDAP server for authentication then you have that part set up. All you need to do now is to set up your smb.conf file so that your FC4 server acts as a domain controller.

For personal choice I would upgrade to Fedora 8: I've set up a domain controller using that and it works well and is easy to install. FC4 has an earlier version of samba included which may not support NT/XP workstations as easily - and I'm all for easy.