File Sharing in a Windows Domain

[Rokurosv]

Hi everyone.

I was doing a little project for work, we have a Linux box laying around and I thought I'd make it a file server since we could use another one. Now I know my way around Linux a bit but I've never configured Samba to be used in a Domain, just in a LAN and with local authorization.

Now we have an Active Directory server running under Win Server 2008, and what I'm trying to do is to have like a Share folder under my Linux box, where certain groups can enter certain directories. I have 9.10 installed, not the server cause it wasn't ment to be a server, just a simple testing and monitoring machine, and I was trying to follow the guide posted on how to forge:

howtoforge.com/ubuntu-9.04-samba-server-integrated-with-active-directory

But I always get a DNS update fail error, I changed my hosts file to point to my domain server and it kinda worked: I could access it like a share folder, but it asked for an user and a password, I tried entering several users from the domain and it didn't worked.

The guide says I need to have everything setup for the server, it asumes perharps that one is running Ubuntu server and perhaps I'm missing something. On a bright note I could authenticate myself with Kerberos and create a ticket successfully.

Has anyone succeeded in doing this that perhaps can give me a hand?

Thanks for your time.

[scathefire]

let's see your smb.conf file

[Rokurosv]

Here's what I have in my smb.conf

[global]
        workgroup = DOMAIN
        realm = DOMAIN.COM
        preferred master = no
        server string = Linux Share Server
        security = ADS
        encrypt passwords = yes
        log level = 3
        log file = /var/log/samba/%m
        max log size = 50
        winbind enum users = Yes
        winbind enum groups = No
        winbind use default domain = Yes
        winbind nested groups = Yes
        winbind separator = +
        idmap uid = 600 - 20000
        idmap gid = 600 - 20000
        template shell = /bin/bash
        guest account = nobody

[Share] 
	comment = Shared files
	path = /opt/Share
        writeable = yes
        public = yes
        browseable = yes
        guest ok = yes

I've changed my domain name to DOMAIN but I'm writing the domain we're using. Now some progress has been done. If I type wbinfo -u and wbinfo -g I can see our AD users and groups so I think that means that we I'm in the domain.

Now I created a shared folder just to test it out but when a Windows machine is trying to access the linux machine, let's say \\12.12.12.12 I get a "No process at the end of the pipe" error, or something like that.

[scathefire]

winbind separator = +

That line caused me trouble in the past. Does the server show up in the network? Not necessarily any shares visible, but the server itself.