Zimbra Integration With Samba - Ubuntu Based

[phoenix]

A nice 'How To' for creating a Primary Domain Controller with Zimbra, this is specifically for Ubuntu but should be valid for all operating systems.

Zimbra Integration With Samba - Ubuntu Based (Similar To AD And Exchange) | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

[jholder]

Bill, think this is awesome. Sticking.

[emmaylots]

I am highly impressed.
Jholder, I think you guys should go ahead and implement this.
You'll kick MS-Exchange and AD out of the universe.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by emmaylots

I am highly impressed.
Jholder, I think you guys should go ahead and implement this.
You'll kick MS-Exchange and AD out of the universe.

It already is implemented: UNIX and Windows Accounts in Zimbra LDAP and Zimbra Admin UI - Zimbra :: Wiki

[lithorus]

Just tried the Ubuntu guide with Ubuntu 8.04 and Zimbra 5.0.8. Worked fine except some minor spelling errors

A huge thank you from me. Now we can finally get rid of our AD.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by lithorus

Just tried the Ubuntu guide with Ubuntu 8.04 and Zimbra 5.0.8. Worked fine except some minor spelling errors

Were these spelling errors in the How To' article and did they trip you up? Obviously I didn't write the article, I just posted it here for reference. If the spelling errors were with the implementation perhaps you wouldn't mind making a note in this thread for people trying this in the future?

Originally Posted by lithorus

A huge thank you from me. Now we can finally get rid of our AD.

Glad it worked and welcome to the forums.

[lithorus]

Originally Posted by phoenix

Were these spelling errors in the How To' article and did they trip you up? Obviously I didn't write the article, I just posted it here for reference. If the spelling errors were with the implementation perhaps you wouldn't mind making a note in this thread for people trying this in the future?

On page 2

chown zimbra /opt/zmibra/openldap/etc/openldap/schema/samba.schema
chgrp zimbra /opt/zmibra/openldap/etc/openldap/schema/samba.schema

Which btw can be replaced with

chown zimbra:zimbra /opt/zimbra/openldap/etc/openldap/schema/samba.schema

Another thing is that it's not necessary to download the samba source to get samba.scema. Install samba-doc and it's in /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/examples/LDAP/. You'll need to "gzip -d" it though.

Also it's not necessary to install libpam-ldap in Ubuntu 8.04 since it gets installed when you install libnss-ldap in the previous step. These packages are also changed a bit in the setup process in 8.04. You have to specify ldap://ip instead of just server ip.

[phoenix]

Thanks for the update.

[lithorus]

Btw. any news on when 5.0.9 with Ubuntu 8.04 support is out? Just waiting for Ubuntu 8.04 support to buy the network edition...

[phoenix]

We don't pre-announce product release dates but I would estimate it to be sometime in August (that is only an estimate at this stage). Obviously you can subscribe to the Announcements forum and get notified as soon as it hits the streets.