FreeBSD authentication against Samba 4 LDAP

After years of only needing central auth for Unix-like systems, I need to integrate Windows clients into my auth mix. Rather than munging my current OpenLDAP directory to contain Windows information, I elected to migrate to Samba 4. Samba 4 can act as a Windows domain controller and also exposes an LDAP interface for Unix clients.

I assume that you’ve read the FreeBSD and Samba documentation on LDAP auth. This article is meant as a bridge between the two information sets.

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