Related to ldap, this new implementation of a SMB manager was mentioned on the subreddit: https://ceph.io/en/news/blog/2025/smb-manager-module/
It appears to include functionality to directly interact with AD. Not sure if it would work with more complex smb.conf needs. On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM Harry G Coin <hgc...@gmail.com> wrote: > To get ldap working, we had to set up samba to manage the shares (it has > the ability to do ldap auth, connecting the smb accounts to the linux > ownership/permission space). > > It would be a very nice help if ceph would include a native, secondary > ldap option, if only just for anything doing file or block device sharing. > > > > On 6/30/25 11:26, gagan tiwari wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > We have a Ldap server with all users login details. > > > > We have to mount data stored in Ceph to several client nodes via CephFS > so > > that users can access that data and start using that data in > > their processes. But we need to grant permission / ownership to users to > > enable them to access that data. > > > > like chown user:group /dirs ( on Linux ) > > > > How will cephfs recognize users , groups that are in Ldap ? > > > > Will I need to set-up Ldap authentication on all nodes in Ceph cluster > for > > this purpose ( ceph mgr , ceph mons , ceph mds and all ods nodes ) > > > > Please advise. > > > > Thanks, > > Gagan > > _______________________________________________ > > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@ceph.io > > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-le...@ceph.io > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@ceph.io > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-le...@ceph.io > -- Ryan Sleeth _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@ceph.io To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-le...@ceph.io
