Client Authentication:Mepis

About Mepis

http://www.mepis.com

MEPIS LLC was founded in 2002 by computer industry veteran Warren Woodford, to realize his personal vision for a version of Linux that was complete and secure, while also being easy to try, easy to install, and easy to use. Today MEPIS offers personal computing solutions that are popular with people from 2 to 92 years and of all professions. MEPIS products are also available free of charge to not-for-profits, K-12 schools, and private users not requiring support.

Client configuration for Mepis Client

SME Server's has been and remains focused on serving windows clients, however Linux clients also work well with SME.

Domain Login

A Domain login lets users login without admin setting up each user first.

You can use these command line instructions or use your GUI tools.
Comment out the existing setting and paste the new

apt-get install winbind libpam-mount

nano -w /etc/samba/smb.conf
.
workgroup = MYDOMAIN  #your workgroup is probably correct, you set this during install
idmap uid = 10000-20000
idmap gid = 10000-20000
template shell = /bin/bash
template homedir = /home/%U
winbind enum users = yes
winbind enum groups = yes
winbind cache time = 10
winbind separator = +
security = domain
password server = *
winbind use default domain = yes

nano -w /etc/nsswitch.conf
.
passwd: compat winbind 
group: compat winbind
shadow: compat winbind

nano -w /etc/pam.d/common-account
.
account sufficient      pam_winbind.so
account required        pam_unix.so

nano -w /etc/pam.d/common-auth
.
auth    required        pam_mount.so
#
## use the follolwing "auth" line by itself to restrict local access (a bit paranoid) - 
## will validate ONLY off of network
#auth   required        pam_winbind.so use_first_pass
#
## use the TWO "auth" lines below for either network or local validation - 
## will validate off of EITHER network or local passwd db
auth    sufficient      pam_winbind.so use_first_pass
auth    required        pam_unix.so use_first_pass

nano -w /etc/pam.d/common-session
.
session required        pam_unix.so
session required        pam_mkhomedir.so umask=0022 skel=/etc/skel/
session optional        pam_mount.so

/etc/init.d/winbind start

This is where SME doesn't support linux clients as well as windows, so... logon to your SME Server

signal-event machine-account-create  ClientName$
smbpasswd -a -m ClientName$

To check your client values > K menu > Setting Configuration > Internet and Networking > Samba
ClientName is the NetBIOS Name, NOTE: you must add the trailing $
Workgroup is Workgroup, your local windows domain

Now back to mepis and join the workgroup/domain

 net rpc join -D WorkGroup -U admin

Ideas borrowed from http://tech.canterburyschool.org/tech/UbuntuWorkstations , Thanks !