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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I’m trying to set up a SAMBA share using an external LDAP server for authentication that I have no control over.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I do not have any admin abilities on the LDAP server, only need read ability.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Cannot set smbpasswd -w <admin password>, thus get in log:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">failed to bind to server ldap://xxx-xxx.xxx.com/ with dn="cn=Manager,dc=xxx,dc=xxx,dc=com" Error: Invalid credentials<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> (unknown)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Isn’t there a way to set this up with READ-ONLY?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Examples on the internet only talk about where you have admin rights.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for any advise<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chris<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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