{"id":372,"date":"2010-09-13T04:56:46","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T10:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supportpro.com\/2010\/09\/configure-openldap-for-use-with-samba\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T03:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:58:13","slug":"configure-openldap-for-use-with-samba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/configure-openldap-for-use-with-samba\/","title":{"rendered":"Configure OpenLDAP for use with SAMBA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In order to use LDAP and SAMBA we need to configure the \/etc\/ldap\/slapd.conf file.<br># Copy the samba.schema file to the OpenLDAP schema directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>cp \/usr\/share\/doc\/samba-doc\/examples\/LDAP\/samba.schema.gz \/etc\/ldap\/schema\/<br># Unzip the file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>gzip -d \/etc\/ldap\/schema\/samba.schema.gz<br># Open the \/etc\/ldap\/slapd.conf file for editing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>vim \/etc\/ldap\/slapd.conf<br># Add the following lines to the document where the other &#8220;include&#8221; lines are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>include&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \/etc\/ldap\/schema\/samba.schema<br>include&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \/etc\/ldap\/schema\/misc.schema<br># Change the line:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>access to attribute=userPassword<br># to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>access to attrs=userPassword,sambaNTPassword,sambaLMPassword<br># Restart OpenLDAP:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\/etc\/init.d\/slapd restart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you require help, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/requestquote.php\">contact SupportPRO Server Admin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-9d590242-d641-4383-94b4-8cfd62f0af6b\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-9d590242-d641-4383-94b4-8cfd62f0af6b\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-9d590242-d641-4383-94b4-8cfd62f0af6b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/freecheckup.php\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center has-white-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Facing issues? 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