Laurence,
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Laurence Mayer wrote:
I got this working and now I can add sambaSamAccounts.
When I add passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://ldap.example.com to my smb.conf with all the other needed options the smb does not come up.
You should provide more information. At first I'd recommend to have a closer look at the logs of OpenLDAP and Samba.
Ciao, Michael.