Re: Samba as alternative to NetServer - How to use USRPRF Password

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know if this applies - I seem to recall that Kerberos and EIM 
could be set up for NetServer - maybe worth a look, other than other 
things are involved, right?

Vern

On 1/31/2020 8:07 AM, midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Is NFS a potential solution?  User authentication happens with the PID/UID
> that is a part of the user profile so they are tied together.
>
> You don't specify which level of IBM i your system runs, and if there are
> SMB compatibility issues.  Could the SMB version on the desktop be
> contradictory to the SMB version on the server?
>
> --
> Jim Oberholtzer
> Agile Technology Architects
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Franz.Rauscher@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2020 5:59 AM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Samba as alternative to NetServer - How to use USRPRF Password
>
> Hi!
>
> We are using IBM-i with NetServer for about 1.5 Years now.
> Since the Beginning there where Problems with Access to Netserver over WAN
> (IPSec Tunnel) .We had some Tickets with IBM and the made some PTFs to fix
> various things. (MA47224, MA47302, Other Problems with Starting exe Files
> where we received a Workaround wich shoots other thngs as we found out
> now))
>
> But after all we are not really satisfied with the compatibility of
> NetServer with Windows-10.
>
> First of all: I dont want to store my files outside of out AS400. I know all
> alternatives and i dont need any suggestions or discussion on this ;-)
>
> Whats the state now:
>
> We are now considering using Samba on IBM-i but the problem i have is that
> it has a seperate User Database which i really dont like.
> Is someone of you using Samba on AS400 and how do you handle this problem.
>
> I thought that when nothing other is possible i would register with
> QIBM_QSY_VLD_PASSWRD and send new Passwords to a Job via DataQueue which
> calls pdbedit to change the users in the samba-db. But this is not a nice
> solution.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Greetings,
> Franz
>
>
> Systeminfo: IBM-i 7.4 TR1, Power-S812, No Virtualization, Single OS Instance
> . Problems mostly over low latency Networks ( ca 10ms-20ms)
>
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