Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:44:51 +0100 From: "Jon Theil Nielsen" <jontheil@gmail.com> To: Sin <sinister@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Samba PDC with VPN access Message-ID: <8f82c35c0803211344he63903fpebe6e43d1bc73c8e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <062101c88b71$cb290e90$0200a8c0@dts> References: <8f82c35c0803202329k1aff674cgd7deee4c1a58e20b@mail.gmail.com> <062101c88b71$cb290e90$0200a8c0@dts>
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2008/3/21, Sin <sinister@gmail.com>: > > I just happen to be looking into vpn stuff with FreeBSD, I was looking > at > the man page for ppp, there is a section that states passwd(5) can be used > instead of a secret file. Not sure if this entirely relates to your > setup, > but I will be trying this out > > /* > If MyAuthPasswd is a ``*'', the password is looked up in the passwd(5) > database. > */ > > > We have a Samba PDC on FreeBSD 7.0-release. The goal is to make users > home > > drrives accessible throuth a VPN connection from Windows clients. Until > > now > > I have experimented with the Poptop server without much success and now > > have > > a working configuration based on Mpd4. This is not ideal, since I have > to > > keep usernames/passwords manually updated in the mpd.secret file. And > that > > can not be combined with users changing their own Samba and UNIX > passwords > > via password sync. > > It seems that some kind of authentication via Winbind and ntml_auth > would > > be > > a way to go. > > Maybe it can be done by installing a Radius server to communicate with > > Mpd, > > but that seems to be unnessesarily complicated. > > Does anyone know the "best" solution to achieve the goal? > You migth be right about trying (again) with ppp. I just didn't make it work in the first place. So I would surely like to hear if it is something you can do. And if so, I would like to have a look at your conf files. Best regards, Jon
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