On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 11:21:44AM -0500, Wyatt L. VanderStucken wrote: > Hello all, > > Let me say first I'm very new to Linux (only had it running 3 days), so > bear with me if I'm a bit ignorant. I'm unsure if I should even post > this here, or if this list is exclusively for hardware issues... > > I'm running into difficulties (on a win2k client) adding the Samba > "Domain Admins" group to the Windows "Administrators" group. I am able > to log into the domain, the "Domain Admins" group shows in the list of > available groups from the Samba server, but when I click "Apply" I > receive the message: > > "A member could not be added to or removed from the local group because > the member does not exist" > > I'm fairly certain I followed the setup correctly; I added a group > called "domadm" to the etc/group file and added a user to that group > using usermod. I've tried several configurations in smb.conf with > "domain admin group" and "domain admin users" including: > > 1. domain admin group = @domadm > > 2. domain admin group = root @domadm > > 3. domain admin group = @domadm > domain admin users = root > > For the record I'm it's a brand new "stable" installation on a Performa > 6400/180, the Windows machine is running win2k professional with all > updates from windows update. I doubt that hardware makes a difference, > but if you need to know, ask. > > Sorry if this has been long winded, I appreciate any help anybody can > offer. Lastly, let me say I'm very impressed by Debian, and Linux as a > whole. I look forward to learning much more, and hope I can soon make my > own contributions...
It's true, this isn't the right list, because the operation of samba isn't powerpc-specific. You might try searching the debian-user archives, or check out the docs on www.samba.org if you haven't already. -- *----------------------------------------------------------------* | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | To HAVE, GIVE all TO all (ACIM) | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
