Integrating PowerBroker Identity Services Open Edition (PBIS) with Ubuntu

PowerBroker Identity Services Open Edition (aka PBIS) is an open source product that allows you to leverage your investment in Microsoft Active Directory for consistent security policy across your entire environment, including your Linux, Unix, and Mac OS X desktops and servers. With this free, agent-based tool, you’ll be able to join the systems to AD in less than five minutes.

PBIS replaces the likewise-open product. We have successfully integrated with Ubuntu 12.04 and 13.04. Here are the steps for installing and integration PBIS with Ubuntu.

• Download PBIS
• Remove likewise-open and winbind

 sudo apt-get remove likewise-open winbind

• Install PBIS

sudo chmod 777 pbis-open*.sh
sudo ./pbis-open*.sh

• Join the domain:

sudo domainjoin-cli join [yourdomain.com] administrator

• Set default domain:

sudo /opt/pbis/bin/config AssumeDefaultDomain true

• Set default shell:

sudo /opt/pbis/bin/config LoginShellTemplate /bin/bash

• Set default home directory for your users:

sudo /opt/pbis/bin/config HomeDirTemplate %H/%D/%U

• Configure the sudoers file and add this new line:
  %domain^admins ALL=(ALL) ALL

sudo visudo

• If samba is installed then integrate PBIS with samba:
  NOTE: The smb.conf requires further configuration!

sudo /opt/pbis/bin/samba-interop-install --install

• Reboot your server.

Reference: PBIS Installation and Administration Guide