When you install Novell Samba, you are asked to specify a Samba proxy user for LDAP authentication through eDirectory.
By default, the Samba proxy user is created in the container specified as the Base Context for Samba Users and is named servername-sambaProxyUser. You specify the password for this user when you configure Novell Samba.
You can specify another eDirectory user as the Samba proxy user. If you do, be aware of the following:
If you specify a user that doesn’t already exist in eDirectory, the user account is created and granted the necessary rights. You must also specify a password for the new user.
If you specify an existing eDirectory user, it is assumed that you have already created the user account with the necessary rights and no modifications are made to the existing user.
If you specify an existing eDirectory user but enter a new password, you are prompted to change the password for that user.